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Power plants in Panama

A directory of 17 power plants in Panama with a combined installed capacity of 1,633 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

17power plants
1,633MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Panama)

Hydro: 8 plants8HydroOil: 4 plants4OilSolar: 3 plants3SolarCoal: 1 plants1CoalGas: 1 plants1Gas

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

Panama electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

221gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
68.0%low-carbon electricity
68.0%renewables
32.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 53 % of electricity53HydroGas: 21 % of electricity21GasOil: 7 % of electricity7OilSolar: 7 % of electricity7SolarWind: 7 % of electricity7WindCoal: 4 % of electricity4CoalBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Panama

#PlantFuelMW
1Edwin Fabrega (Fortuna) Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro300
2Bayano Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro260
3Changuinola I Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro222
4Central 9 de Enero (JB) CCGT Power Plant PanamaGas160
5Bahia las Minas Coal Power Plant PanamaCoal120
6Esti Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro120
7PanAm IC Power Plant PanamaOil96
8ACP Miraflores 3 and 4 Thermal Power Plant PanamaOil59
9Los Valles Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro55
10ACP Miraflores IC Power Plant PanamaOil54
11Pedregal Pacora Power Plant PanamaOil53
12La Estrella Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro47
13Madden Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro36
14Gatun Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro22
15IngenioSolar10
16Divisa SolarSolar10
17EstrellaSolar8

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