Carlos De Cespedes Powerplant — Cuba

Carlos De Cespedes Powerplant is a 382 MW oil power station in Cienfuegos, Cuba. It ranks #8 of 22 Cuba power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. 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 WRI1002019.

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 382 MW, Carlos De Cespedes Powerplant is around 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 #7 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

• Juragua nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 880 MW · Cienfuegos
• Yaguaramas · Solar · 5.6 MW · Cienfuegos
• Varadero Powerplant · Gas · 173 MW · Matanzas

Location

Coordinates 22.1589, -80.4552 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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