Antonio Guiteras Powerplant — Cuba

Antonio Guiteras Powerplant is a 330 MW oil power station in Matanzas, Cuba. It ranks #10 of 22 Cuba power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1989, it is around 37 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 82.3% of Cuba's electricity; the national grid averages 643 gCO₂/kWh (4.0% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002015.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 330 MW, Antonio Guiteras Powerplant is below the median oil plant in Cuba (370 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 largest oil power plant of 16 in Cuba by capacity.

Cuba has 16 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 5,165 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Varadero Powerplant · Gas · 173 MW · Matanzas
• Santa Cruz · Oil · 300 MW · Mayabeque
• Boca de Jaruco · Gas · 313 MW · Mayabeque
• Powership Erol Bey power station · Oil · 63 MW · La Habana
• Havana TPP · Oil · 500 MW · La Habana
• Yaguaramas · Solar · 5.6 MW · Cienfuegos

Location

Coordinates 23.0687, -81.5379 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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