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Power plants in Mexico

A directory of 335 power plants in Mexico with a combined installed capacity of 77,523 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

335power plants
77,523MW total capacity
10fuel types
112with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Mexico)

Gas: 80 plants80GasBiomass: 74 plants74BiomassHydro: 73 plants73HydroSolar: 29 plants29SolarOil: 26 plants26OilOther: 24 plants24OtherWind: 20 plants20WindGeothermal: 5 plants5Geothermal

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

Mexico electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

474gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
25.9%low-carbon electricity
23.1%renewables
74.1%fossil fuels
Gas: 62 % of electricity62GasOil: 9 % of electricity9OilHydro: 8 % of electricity8HydroSolar: 7 % of electricity7SolarWind: 6 % of electricity6WindCoal: 3 % of electricity3CoalNuclear: 3 % of electricity3NuclearBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Mexico

#PlantFuelMW
1Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco)Coal2,778
2Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)Hydro2,400
3Adolfo López Mateos (Tuxpan)Oil2,100
4Noreste (Escobedo) power stationOther1,680
5Francisco Pérez Ríos (Tula)Oil1,606
6Laguna VerdeNuclear1,510
7Empalme I power stationOther1,482
8Carbón IICoal1,400
9Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo)Oil1,300
10InfiernilloHydro1,200
11José López Portillo (Río Escondido)Coal1,200
12TamazunchaleGas1,135
13Altamira VGas1,121
14MalpasoHydro1,080
15Altamira III y IVGas1,036
16Pesquería power stationOther1,025
17Topolobampo II power stationOther1,022
18Tuxpan III y IVGas983
19Aguamilpa SolidaridadHydro960
20CCC Norte-III power stationOther910

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Gas (80)Biomass (74)Hydro (73)Solar (29)Oil (26)Other (24)Wind (20)Geothermal (5)Coal (3)