Barinas I substation power station — Venezuela

Barinas I substation power station is a 100 MW gas power station in Barinas, Venezuela. It ranks #48 of 59 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 4.5% of Venezuela's electricity; the national grid averages 86 gCO₂/kWh (91.1% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 100 MW, Barinas I substation power station is below the median gas plant in Venezuela (300 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #36 largest gas power plant of 44 in Venezuela by capacity.

Venezuela has 44 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 16,840 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Juan Antonio Rodriguez (Pena Larga) · Hydro · 80 MW · Barinas
• Termobarrancas II · Gas · 161 MW · Barinas
• Masparro · Hydro · 25 MW · Barinas
• Jose Antonio Paez (Planta Paez) · Hydro · 240 MW · Barinas
• Batalla de Santa Inés power station · Oil · 99.6 MW · Barinas
• Santo Domingo Cadafe power station · Coal · 300 MW · Merida

Location

Coordinates 8.67847, -70.276292 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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