AguaytÍa — Peru

AguaytÍa is a 203 MW gas power station in Huanuco, Peru. It is operated by Termoselva S.R.L.. Based on reported annual generation of 441 GWh, it can supply roughly 126k homes. It ranks #14 of 40 Peru power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 36.1% of Peru's electricity; the national grid averages 238 gCO₂/kWh (63.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022062.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406597; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 203 MW, AguaytÍa is below the median gas plant in Peru (360.8 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

25%, from 441 GWh of reported generation; the median for 8 gas plants in Peru that report generation is 62%

Share of Peru gas capacity

3.3% of 6,118 MW across 16 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

1 of 15 dated gas plants in Peru is older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Peru

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Termoselva S.R.L..

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 9.0°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 largest gas power plant of 16 in Peru by capacity.

Peru has 16 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 6,118 MW of capacity.

Location

Coordinates -9.0288, -75.4926 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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