ALBANISA Che Guevara III (Managua) IC Power Plant Nicaragua

ALBANISA Che Guevara III (Managua) IC Power Plant Nicaragua is a 20 MW oil power plant in Managua, Nicaragua. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 15,317 homes (estimated). It ranks #15 of 16 Nicaragua power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 37.6% of Nicaragua's electricity; the national grid averages 301 gCO₂/kWh (62.4% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0043603.

~40,208 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 30% load factor × a typical oil emission factor (~750 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Nicaragua

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

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 12.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #8 largest oil power plant of 8 in Nicaragua by capacity.

Nicaragua has 8 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 407 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• ENEL Managua Thermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 57 MW · Managua
• ENEL Las Brisas Thermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Gas · 65 MW · Managua
• Tipitapa IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 51 MW · Managua
• ALBANISA Che Guevara II IV V (Masaya) IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 61 MW · Masaya
• ALBANISA Che Guevara VI VII (Nagarote) IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 54 MW · Leon
• Momotombo Geothermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Geothermal · 77 MW · Leon

Location

Coordinates 12.1542, -86.2582 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.