Power plants in PanamaA directory of 21 power plants in Panama with a combined installed capacity of 2,846 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gatún power station | Gas | 670 |
| 2 | AES Colón power station | Gas | 381 |
| 3 | Edwin Fabrega (Fortuna) Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 300 |
| 4 | Bayano Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 260 |
| 5 | Changuinola I Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 221 |
| 6 | Central 9 de Enero (JB) CCGT Power Plant Panama | Gas | 160 |
| 7 | Cobre Panamá power station | Gas | 153 |
| 8 | Bahia las Minas Coal Power Plant Panama | Coal | 120 |
| 9 | Esti Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 120 |
| 10 | PanAm IC Power Plant Panama | Oil | 96 |
| 11 | ACP Miraflores 3 and 4 Thermal Power Plant Panama | Oil | 59 |
| 12 | Los Valles Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 55 |
| 13 | ACP Miraflores IC Power Plant Panama | Oil | 54 |
| 14 | Pedregal Pacora Power Plant Panama | Oil | 53 |
| 15 | La Estrella Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 47 |
| 16 | Madden Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 36 |
| 17 | Gatun Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama | Hydro | 22 |
| 18 | Ingenio | Solar | 10 |
| 19 | MH-1A nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 10 |
| 20 | Divisa Solar | Solar | 10 |
There are 21 power plants in Panama in this open dataset, with about 2,846 MW of total capacity.
Gatún power station is the largest at about 670 MW (gas).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (8 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.
Panama's grid carbon intensity is about 221 gCO₂/kWh, with 68.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
