Power plants in GuatemalaA directory of 77 power plants in Guatemala with a combined installed capacity of 3,968 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 | Chixoy | Hydro | 300 |
| 2 | Jaguar Energy power station | Coal | 300 |
| 3 | Puerto Barrios Iberdrola power station | Coal | 300 |
| 4 | Arizona Vapor | Oil | 170 |
| 5 | Magdalena | Biomass | 145 |
| 6 | San Jose | Coal | 139 |
| 7 | Poliwatt | Oil | 129 |
| 8 | Biomass | Biomass | 119 |
| 9 | Santa Ana | Biomass | 104 |
| 10 | Xacbal | Hydro | 97 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | Oil | 89 |
| 12 | Palo Viejo | Hydro | 87 |
| 13 | Trinidad | Biomass | 87 |
| 14 | Pantaleon | Biomass | 82 |
| 15 | Aguacapa | Hydro | 80 |
| 16 | Horus 1 y 2 | Solar | 80 |
| 17 | Tampa | Oil | 80 |
| 18 | La Union | Biomass | 78 |
| 19 | Palo Gordo | Biomass | 77 |
| 20 | Industria Textiles Del Lago | Oil | 70 |
There are 77 power plants in Guatemala in this open dataset, with about 3,968 MW of total capacity.
Chixoy is the largest at about 300 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (30 plants), across 8 fuel types in total.
Guatemala's grid carbon intensity is about 301 gCO₂/kWh, with 68.3% 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)).
