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Power plants in Guatemala

A directory of 76 power plants in Guatemala with a combined installed capacity of 3,689 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

76power plants
3,689MW total capacity
8fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Guatemala)

Hydro: 30 plants30HydroOil: 19 plants19OilBiomass: 13 plants13BiomassCoal: 5 plants5CoalSolar: 3 plants3SolarWaste: 2 plants2WasteGeothermal: 2 plants2GeothermalWind: 2 plants2Wind

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Guatemala electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

301gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
68.3%low-carbon electricity
68.3%renewables
31.7%fossil fuels
Hydro: 40 % of electricity40HydroBioenergy: 22 % of electricity22BioenergyCoal: 16 % of electricity16CoalOil: 16 % of electricity16OilWind: 2 % of electricity2WindOther Renewables: 2 % of electricity2Other Rene…Solar: 2 % of electricity2Solar

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Guatemala

#PlantFuelMW
1ChixoyHydro300
2Jaguar Energy power stationCoal300
3Arizona VaporOil170
4MagdalenaBiomass145
5San JoseCoal139
6PoliwattOil129
7BiomassBiomass119
8Santa AnaBiomass104
9XacbalHydro94
10AguacapaHydro90
11Las PalmasOil89
12TrinidadBiomass87
13Palo ViejoHydro85
14Las Palmas IICoal83
15PantaleonBiomass82
16Horus 1 y 2Solar80
17TampaOil80
18La UnionBiomass78
19Palo GordoBiomass77
20Industria Textiles Del LagoOil70

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Hydro (30)Oil (19)Biomass (13)Coal (5)Solar (3)