Oil power plant in Coquimbo, Chile. Approximate location -31.108632, -71.614302.
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Cala Morritos power station is a 200.4 MW oil power station in Coquimbo, Chile. It is operated by Cala Morritos Power SpA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 150k homes (estimated). It ranks #43 of 336 Chile power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 0.6% of Chile's electricity; the national grid averages 289 gCO₂/kWh (66.4% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_calamorritos_chile.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 200.4 MW, Cala Morritos power station is well above the median oil plant in Chile (11.3 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Cala Morritos Power SpA [100%].
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 31.1°S — 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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #3 largest oil power plant of 78 in Chile by capacity.
Chile has 78 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 3,578 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -31.108632, -71.614302 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Cala Morritos power station is a 200.4 MW oil power plant in Coquimbo, Chile, Construction 2026.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 150,471 homes (estimated).
Cala Morritos power station is operated by Cala Morritos Power SpA [100%].
