Power plants in MexicoA directory of 366 power plants in Mexico with a combined installed capacity of 97,855 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).
Across the 96 Mexico power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 110 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) (oil), accounts for about 8% of that 96-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — CFE, CFE/PIE, Mexico Infrastructure Partners SAPI de CV — control roughly 75% of that 96-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a arid Köppen climate zone.
CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco) | Coal | 2,778 |
| 2 | Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) | Hydro | 2,400 |
| 3 | Adolfo López Mateos (Tuxpan) | Oil | 2,100 |
| 4 | Noreste (Escobedo) power station | Gas | 1,680 |
| 5 | Jorge Luque power station | Gas | 1,660 |
| 6 | Energía de Celaya power station | Gas | 1,617 |
| 7 | Laguna Verde | Nuclear | 1,608 |
| 8 | Francisco Pérez Ríos (Tula) | Oil | 1,606 |
| 9 | Empalme I power station | Gas | 1,482 |
| 10 | Carbón II | Coal | 1,400 |
| 11 | Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) | Oil | 1,300 |
| 12 | Infiernillo | Hydro | 1,200 |
| 13 | José López Portillo (Río Escondido) | Coal | 1,200 |
| 14 | Tuxpan III y IV | Gas | 1,180 |
| 15 | Tamazunchale | Gas | 1,179 |
| 16 | Altamira V | Gas | 1,155 |
| 17 | Tajín Energía power station | Gas | 1,146 |
| 18 | Altamira III y IV | Gas | 1,096 |
| 19 | Malpaso | Hydro | 1,080 |
| 20 | Prenergy El Salto power station | Gas | 1,000 |
Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Mexico. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/mexico/
There are 366 power plants in Mexico in this open dataset, with about 97,855 MW of total capacity.
Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco) is the largest at about 2,778 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (129 plants), across 10 fuel types in total.
Mexico's grid carbon intensity is about 474 gCO₂/kWh, with 25.9% 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)).
