Batalla de Santa Inés power station — Venezuela

Batalla de Santa Inés power station is a 99.6 MW oil power plant in Barinas, Venezuela. It is operated by Petróleos de Venezuela SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 75k homes (estimated). It ranks #49 of 59 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 4.4% 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_batalladesantaines_venezu.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408592; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as Engine. 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.

Owner

Operated by Petróleos de Venezuela SA [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 8.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

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

Venezuela has 1 oil power plant in this dataset, together about 100 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Termobarrancas II · Gas · 161 MW · Barinas
• Juan Antonio Rodriguez (Pena Larga) · Hydro · 80 MW · Barinas
• Barinas I substation power station · Gas · 100 MW · Barinas
• Masparro · Hydro · 25 MW · Barinas
• Jose Antonio Paez (Planta Paez) · Hydro · 240 MW · Barinas
• Santo Domingo Cadafe power station · Coal · 300 MW · Merida

Location

Coordinates 8.412017, -70.125321 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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