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Gas power plants in Mexico

121 gas power plants in Mexico, totalling 53,549 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1Noreste (Escobedo) power stationNuevo Leon1,680
2Energía de Celaya power stationGuanajuato1,617
3Empalme I power stationSonora1,482
4Tuxpan III y IVVeracruz1,180
5TamazunchaleSan Luis Potosi1,179
6Altamira VTamaulipas1,155
7Tajín Energía power stationVeracruz1,146
8Altamira III y IVTamaulipas1,096
9Prenergy El Salto power stationJalisco1,000
10Topolobampo II power stationSinaloa917
11CCC Norte-III power stationTexas906
12Pesquería power stationNuevo Leon900
13Tierra Mojada power stationJalisco874
14Cogeneración Minatitlán power stationVeracruz870
15El Carmen Nuevo Leon power stationNuevo León866
16EVM-II power stationMorelos850
17Empalme II power stationSonora791
18Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC)Baja California773
19Topolobampo III power stationSinaloa766
20Cancún II (Riviera Maya) power stationQuintana Roo752
21Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete IColima727
22Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete IIColima727
23Acc4t power stationTabasco696
24Termoelectrica de MexicaliBaja California680
25Iberdrola Energía MonterreyNuevo Leon659
26Centro Morelos (Huexca) power stationMorelos656
27Juandhó power stationHidalgo650
28Chihuahua II (El Encino)Chihuahua619
29Aguaprieta power stationSonora608
30El SáuzQueretaro591
31CCC Baja California IV power stationBaja California588
32Merida Kanasín CC power stationYucatán573
33Los Ramones power stationNuevo León554
34Valle de México (CC)State of Mexico549
35Cactus Cogen power stationTabasco530
36Valladolid IIIYucatan525
37Samalayuca IITexas522
38La Caridad power stationSonora516
39Río Bravo IVTamaulipas511
40Mérida IIIYucatan505
41La Laguna IIDurango498
42Altamira IITamaulipas495
43Bajío (El Sáuz)Queretaro495
44Río Bravo II (Anáhuac)Tamaulipas495
45Río Bravo IIITamaulipas495
46Tuxpan IIVeracruz495
47Tuxpan VVeracruz495
48MexicaliBaja California489
49TulaHidalgo489
50Huinalá IINuevo Leon471
51Dos BocasVeracruz452
52Norte Durango (La Trinidad)Durango450
53Valle de México (Vapor)State of Mexico450
54Monterrey III (Dulces Nombres)Nuevo Leon449
55Mexicali Oriente power plantBaja California442
56CCC San Luis Potosí power stationSan Luis Potosi437
57Norte IIChihuahua433
58Cogen Altamira power stationTamaulipas414
59San Lorenzo PotenciaPuebla382
60Huinalá (CC)Nuevo Leon378
61Energy Legacy power stationSonora368
62Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica Complejo Procesador de Gas Nuevo PemexChiapas367
63Naco NogalesSonora364
64Compañía de Nitrógeno de CantarellCampeche363
65TijuanaBaja California345
66Ranman WTC power stationSan Luis Potosí343
67Energia de BCBaja California337
68Emilio Portes Gil (Río Bravo) (Vapor)Tamaulipas300
69Atlantica Nuevo Pemex cogen power stationTabasco300
70Baja California III power stationBaja California300
71Energía Azteca XBaja California299
72Tractebel Energía de MonterreyNuevo Leon284
73Transalta CampecheChiapas275
74Pemcorp Energy power stationNuevo Leon274
75Abent 3t power stationTabasco266
76Transalta Chihuahua IIITexas259
77Fuerza y Energía de HermosilloSonora250
78Hermosillo Fuerza y Energía power stationSonora250
79SaltilloCoahuila248
80GP Energía power stationNuevo León240
81Gómez PalacioDurango240
82HermosilloSonora227
83Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Valladolid)Yucatan220
84Parque Industrial power plantSonora220
85Emilio Portes Gil (Río Bravo) (CC)Tamaulipas211
86Deacero power stationCoahuila200
87La Estrella mobile power stationBaja California181
88Altos Hornos de MéxicoCoahuila180
89La Herradura mobile power stationBaja California176
90Braskem Idesa power stationVeracruz176
91Pemex-Petroquímica Complejo Petroquímico MorelosVeracruz172
92CCC Baja California Sur power stationBaja California Sur164
93Pemex-Petroquímica Complejo Petroquímico CangrejeraVeracruz164
94Cogeneración Cangrejera power stationVeracruz164
95Huinalá (Turbogás)Nuevo Leon150
96CFENERGIA MEXICALIBaja California150
97Polo I power stationState of Mexico150
98Energía Infra cogeneration power stationVeracruz145
99Pemex-Refinación Ing. Antonio M. AmorGuanajuato143
100Amaunet power stationBaja California Sur135
101Pemex-Refinación Refinería Miguel HidalgoHidalgo134
102Energía Azteca VIIIGuanajuato131
103Pemex-Refinación Refinería Francisco I. MaderoTamaulipas129
104EnertekTamaulipas128
105Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica Complejo Procesador de Gas CactusChiapas121
106Complejo Petroquímico Cosoleacaque power stationVeracruz119
107Pemex-Refinación Refinería Ing. Antonio Dovalí JaimeOaxaca115
108Refinería Hector Lara Sosa power stationNuevo Leon114
109Cydsa cogeneration PlantVeracruz114
110PEGI MONTERREYNuevo Leon108
111NonoalcoMexico City106
112CELCSA cogeneration power stationVeracruz104
113Quirey Cogen power stationCoahuila100
114Generadora Pondercel power stationChihuahua65
115PMV PAJARITOSVeracruz58
116Altamira Dynasol cogeneration power stationTamaulipas57
117Complejo Petroquímico Independencia power stationPuebla54
118Ramos cogeneration power stationCoahuila52
119Bajío cogeneration power stationQueretaro52
120Ternium Monterrey power stationNuevo Leon50
121GRUPAK IGSAPAKHidalgo50

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 129 positive-capacity records totalling 58,537.5 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

78records with a resolvable source link
51records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

StatusRecords
Announced3
Construction4
Not Reported35
Operating86
Unclassified1

Capacity provenance quality

Quality labelRecords
current source verified gem operating units 20269
legacy source record not current verified51
source verified gem tracker location 202668
source verified gem wiki unit sum1

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