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Power plants in Honduras

A directory of 40 power plants in Honduras with a combined installed capacity of 2,165 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

40power plants
2,165MW total capacity
8fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Honduras)

Solar: 15 plants15SolarHydro: 12 plants12HydroOil: 5 plants5OilBiomass: 4 plants4BiomassWind: 1 plants1WindWaste: 1 plants1WasteGas: 1 plants1GasGeothermal: 1 plants1Geothermal

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

Honduras electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

322gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
55.4%low-carbon electricity
55.4%renewables
44.6%fossil fuels
Oil: 44 % of electricity44OilHydro: 30 % of electricity30HydroSolar: 10 % of electricity10SolarBioenergy: 7 % of electricity7BioenergyWind: 6 % of electricity6WindOther Renewables: 3 % of electricity3Other Rene…Coal: 0 % of electricity0Coal

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

Largest plants in Honduras

#PlantFuelMW
1ENERSA CholomaOil371
2Fransisco Morazan (el Cajon)Hydro300
3Lufussa IIIOil231
4Cerra de HulaWind126
5Valle Solar ParkSolar100
6ELCOSAOil80
7Lufussa IIOil80
8Rio LindoHydro80
9Pacific SolarSolar63
10Aura Solar 2Solar61
11Enerbasa Nacaome IISolar60
12Los PradosSolar53
13El PacificoSolar50
14LufussaGas39
15PlatanaresGeothermal39
16Choluteca IISolar35
17MarcoviaSolar35
18NacaomeHydro30
19CanaveralHydro29
20EMCEOil27

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