Power plants in El SalvadorA directory of 19 power plants in El Salvador with a combined installed capacity of 1,891 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador | Oil | 324 |
| 2 | AES Fonseca power station | Coal | 220 |
| 3 | 15 de Septiembre Hydroelectric Power Plant El Salvador | Hydro | 180 |
| 4 | Cerron Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant El Salvador | Hydro | 173 |
| 5 | Cenérgica Power Station | Coal | 150 |
| 6 | Nejapa IC Power Plant El Salvador | Oil | 144 |
| 7 | Berlin Geothermal Power Plant El Salvador | Geothermal | 109 |
| 8 | Talnique power station | Oil | 102 |
| 9 | Providencia | Solar | 101 |
| 10 | Cinco de Noviembre Hydroelectric Power Plant El Salvador | Hydro | 99 |
| 11 | Ahuachapan Geothermal Power Plant El Salvador | Geothermal | 95 |
| 12 | Antares | Solar | 76 |
| 13 | Los Remedios | Solar | 25 |
| 14 | Spica | Solar | 25 |
| 15 | Guajoyo Hydroelectric Power Plant El Salvador | Hydro | 20 |
| 16 | Trinidad / Marquez | Solar | 18 |
| 17 | El Carmen | Solar | 10 |
| 18 | La Union | Solar | 10 |
| 19 | Pasaquina | Solar | 10 |
There are 19 power plants in El Salvador in this open dataset, with about 1,891 MW of total capacity.
Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador is the largest at about 324 MW (oil).
The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (8 plants), across 5 fuel types in total.
El Salvador's grid carbon intensity is about 139 gCO₂/kWh, with 86.5% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
