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Cleanest power plants in Mexico — largest zero-carbon

The largest zero-carbon power plants in Mexico (solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geothermal) by capacity — clean-energy leaders. Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)	Hydro	Mexico	2,400
2	Laguna Verde	Nuclear	Mexico	1,608
3	Infiernillo	Hydro	Mexico	1,200
4	Malpaso	Hydro	Mexico	1,080
5	Aguamilpa Solidaridad	Hydro	Mexico	960
6	Belisario Domínguez (Angostura)	Hydro	Mexico	900
7	Alfredo Elías Ayub (La Yesca)	Hydro	Mexico	750
8	Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (El Cajón)	Hydro	Mexico	750
9	Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (El Caracol)	Hydro	Mexico	600
10	Cerro Prieto	Geothermal	Mexico	570
11	Luis Donaldo Colosio (Huites)	Hydro	Mexico	422
12	Ángel Albino Corzo (Peñitas)	Hydro	Mexico	420
13	Temascal	Hydro	Mexico	354
14	Villanueva I	Solar	Mexico	330
15	La Villita	Hydro	Mexico	320
16	Puerto Libertad	Solar	Mexico	318
17	Fernando Hiriart Balderrama (Zimapán)	Hydro	Mexico	292
18	Solem	Solar	Mexico	290
19	Don José	Solar	Mexico	272
20	Eurus	Wind	Mexico	250.5
21	Villanueva III	Solar	Mexico	250
22	Valentín Gómez Farías (Agua Prieta)	Hydro	Mexico	240
23	Los Azufres	Geothermal	Mexico	225
24	Mazatepec	Hydro	Mexico	220
25	Potosí Iberdrola	Solar	Mexico	170
26	Eoliatec del Istmo	Wind	Mexico	164
27	Solem I	Solar	Mexico	150
28	Solem II	Solar	Mexico	140
29	Plutarco Elías Calles (El Novillo)	Hydro	Mexico	135
30	Necaxa	Hydro	Mexico	109
31	La Venta III	Wind	Mexico	102.9
32	La Mata	Wind	Mexico	102
33	Oaxaca I	Wind	Mexico	102
34	Oaxaca II	Wind	Mexico	102
35	Oaxaca III	Wind	Mexico	102
36	Oaxaca IV	Wind	Mexico	102
37	Laguna	Solar	Mexico	101.1
38	Bizani	Solar	Mexico	100
39	Hermosillo Iberdrola	Solar	Mexico	100
40	Las Viborillas	Solar	Mexico	100
41	Raúl J. Marsal (Comedero)	Hydro	Mexico	100
42	Bacurato	Hydro	Mexico	92
43	Eólicos Mexicanos de Oaxaca I	Wind	Mexico	90
44	Humaya	Hydro	Mexico	90
45	La Venta	Wind	Mexico	84.2
46	Cupatitzio	Hydro	Mexico	80
47	Fuerza Eólica del Istmo	Wind	Mexico	80
48	Lerma (Tepuxtepec)	Hydro	Mexico	74
49	Stipa Nayaa (Bii Nee Stipa II)	Wind	Mexico	74
50	Villanueva IV	Solar	Mexico	74
51	Eólica Zopiloapan (Bii Nee Stipa III)	Wind	Mexico	70
52	Manuel M. Diéguez (Santa Rosa)	Hydro	Mexico	70
53	Los Humeros	Geothermal	Mexico	68.6
54	Eléctrica del Valle de México	Wind	Mexico	67.5
55	La Amistad	Hydro	Mexico	66
56	Potencia 1	Solar	Mexico	63
57	Cóbano	Hydro	Mexico	60
58	El Fuerte	Hydro	Mexico	59.4
59	Colimilla	Hydro	Mexico	51.2
60	TAI-II	Solar	Mexico	49.8
61	Patla	Hydro	Mexico	45
62	Tepexic	Hydro	Mexico	45
63	Compañía de Energía Mexicana	Hydro	Mexico	36
64	Tuxpango	Hydro	Mexico	36
65	Aura III	Solar	Mexico	32
66	Falcón	Hydro	Mexico	31.5
67	Camargo	Solar	Mexico	30
68	Cerro Prieto I	Geothermal	Mexico	30
69	Delicias	Solar	Mexico	30
70	Mexicana de Hidroelectricidad Mexhidro	Hydro	Mexico	30
71	Eólica de Arriaga	Wind	Mexico	28.8
72	Aura I	Solar	Mexico	27.6
73	Bii Nee Stipa I	Wind	Mexico	26.4
74	Chilapan	Hydro	Mexico	26
75	Boquilla	Hydro	Mexico	25
76	Noacan	Solar	Mexico	22.5
77	Eólica Santa Catarina	Wind	Mexico	22
78	José Cecilio del Valle	Hydro	Mexico	21
79	Munisol	Solar	Mexico	20
80	Oviáchic	Hydro	Mexico	19.2
81	Proveedora de Electricidad de Occidente	Hydro	Mexico	19
82	Botello	Hydro	Mexico	18
83	Camilo Arriaga (El Salto)	Hydro	Mexico	18
84	TAI-I	Solar	Mexico	16.8
85	Minas	Hydro	Mexico	15
86	Agua Prieta II	Solar	Mexico	14
87	Primero Empresa Minera	Hydro	Mexico	14
88	Salvador Alvarado (Sanalona)	Hydro	Mexico	14
89	Los Santos	Solar	Mexico	13.6
90	Platanal	Hydro	Mexico	12.6
91	Procesamiento Energetico Mexicano	Hydro	Mexico	11.3
92	Cervecería Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma	Hydro	Mexico	10
93	Encanto	Hydro	Mexico	10
94	Las Tres Vírgenes	Geothermal	Mexico	10
95	Municipio de Mexicali	Wind	Mexico	10
96	Mocúzari	Hydro	Mexico	9.6
97	Hidroelectricidad del Pacifico	Hydro	Mexico	9.2
98	Puente Grande	Hydro	Mexico	9
99	Zumpimito	Hydro	Mexico	8.4
100	Colotlipa	Hydro	Mexico	8
101	Jalisco 1	Solar	Mexico	8
102	Jalisco 2	Solar	Mexico	8
103	Alameda	Hydro	Mexico	7
104	Luis M. Rojas (Intermedia)	Hydro	Mexico	5.3
105	Bombana	Hydro	Mexico	5.24
106	Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas	Wind	Mexico	5
107	Hidrorizaba II	Hydro	Mexico	4.4
108	Gobierno del Estado	Hydro	Mexico	4.1
109	Portezuelos I y II	Hydro	Mexico	4.1
110	Compañía Industrial Veracruzana	Hydro	Mexico	4
111	Autoabastecimiento Renovable	Solar	Mexico	3.8
112	Colina	Hydro	Mexico	3
113	Hidroelectricas Virita	Hydro	Mexico	2.6
114	San Pedro Porúas	Hydro	Mexico	2.6
115	Compañía Electrica Carolina	Hydro	Mexico	2.5
116	Tamazulapan	Hydro	Mexico	2.5
117	Schpoiná	Hydro	Mexico	2.24
118	Jumatán	Hydro	Mexico	2.2
119	Hidrorizaba	Hydro	Mexico	1.6
120	Ixtaczoquitlán	Hydro	Mexico	1.6
121	Texolo	Hydro	Mexico	1.6
122	Yuumil'iik	Wind	Mexico	1.5
123	Electroquímica	Hydro	Mexico	1.4
124	Papelera Veracruzana	Hydro	Mexico	1.3
125	Hidroelectrica Cajon de Peña	Hydro	Mexico	1.2
126	Tirio	Hydro	Mexico	1.1
127	Cerro Prieto	Solar	Mexico	1
128	Santa Rosalía	Solar	Mexico	1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in cleanest power plants in mexico — largest zero-carbon?

Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) (Mexico) ranks #1 with 2,400 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 128 power plants in Mexico.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) (2,400); 2. Laguna Verde (1,608); 3. Infiernillo (1,200).