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Oil power plants in Mexico

27 oil power plants in Mexico, totalling 12,022 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1Adolfo López Mateos (Tuxpan)Veracruz2,100
2Francisco Pérez Ríos (Tula)Hidalgo1,606
3Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo)Colima1,300
4Villa de ReyesSan Luis Potosi700
5Puerto LibertadSonora632
6José Aceves Pozos (Mazatlán II)Sinaloa616
7SalamancaGuanajuato550
8AltamiraTamaulipas500
9Carlos Rodríguez Rivero (Guaymas II)Sonora484
10Guadalupe Victoria (Lerdo)Durango320
11Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes (Topolobampo)Sinaloa320
12Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (Vapor)Baja California320
13Benito Juárez (Samalayuca)Texas316
14Francisco VillaChihuahua300
15CPG NUEVO PEMEXChiapas300
16Termoeléctrica PeñolesSan Luis Potosi290
17Termoeléctrica del GolfoSan Luis Potosi290
18Mérida IIYucatan168
19Baja California Sur IBaja California163
20Poza RicaVeracruz117
21Lerma (Campeche)Campeche112
22Punta Prieta IIBaja California Sur112
23Gral. Agustín Olachea A. (Puerto San Carlos)Baja California Sur104
24CancúnQuintana Roo102
25NIZUCQuintana Roo88
26CPG CIUDAD PEMEXTabasco59
27Xcalacoco mobile power stationQuintana Roo53

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 27 positive-capacity records totalling 12,022.2 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.

17records with a resolvable source link
10records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

StatusRecords
Construction1
Not Reported8
Operating18

Capacity provenance quality

Quality labelRecords
current source verified gem operating units 20261
legacy source record not current verified10
source verified gem tracker location 202616

Unknown upstream labels remain unclassified; they are never guessed. Download the exact records used here: CSV · JSON with limitations.