Bloque CCGN (Ecuador) power station

Bloque CCGN (Ecuador) power station is a 400 MW gas power station in Santa Elena, Ecuador. It ranks #4 of 34 Ecuador power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 2.7% of Ecuador's electricity; the national grid averages 159 gCO₂/kWh (79.4% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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 400 MW, Bloque CCGN (Ecuador) power station is well above the median gas plant in Ecuador (181 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #1 largest gas power plant of 8 in Ecuador by capacity.

Ecuador has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,570 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Santa Elena II power station · Oil · 90.1 MW · Santa Elena
• Electroquil · Gas · 181 MW · Guayas
• Gonzalo Zevallos · Gas · 146 MW · Guayas
• Pascuales power station · Gas · 260 MW · Guayas
• Enrique Garcia thermal power station · Oil · 102 MW · Guayas
• Central Termica Trinitaria · Oil · 133 MW · Guayas

Location

Coordinates -2.187048, -80.838197 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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