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Power plants in Peru

A directory of 32 power plants in Peru with a combined installed capacity of 7,432 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

32power plants
7,432MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Peru)

Hydro: 14 plants14HydroGas: 9 plants9GasSolar: 6 plants6SolarWind: 2 plants2WindCoal: 1 plants1Coal

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

Peru electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

238gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
63.6%low-carbon electricity
63.6%renewables
36.4%fossil fuels
Hydro: 56 % of electricity56HydroGas: 36 % of electricity36GasWind: 4 % of electricity4WindSolar: 3 % of electricity3SolarBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergyOil: 0 % of electricity0Oil

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

Largest plants in Peru

#PlantFuelMW
1KallpaGas952
2Antunez de Mayolo (Mantaro)Hydro798
3Chilca 1Gas734
4FenixGas579
5Reserva Fria IloGas569
6VentanillaGas524
7Santa RosaGas491
8HuincoHydro258
9CaÑon del PatoHydro247
10El PlatanalHydro220
11RestitucionHydro210
12AguaytÍaGas203
13Macchu PicchuHydro189
14Charcani VHydro145
15RubiSolar144
16ChimayHydro143
17Ilo 2Gas135
18Ilo 1Coal132
19YuncÁnHydro130
20MatucanaHydro120

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