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CCC San Luis Potosí power station

Gas power plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Approximate location 21.8347, -100.9338.

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CCC San Luis Potosí power station is an gas power plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It is operated by Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE. It ranks #335 of 335 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 61.6% of Mexico's electricity; the national grid averages 474 gCO₂/kWh (25.9% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6057.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Mexico

Tamazunchale: 1,135 MW1kTamazuncha…Altamira V: 1,121 MW1kAltamira VAltamira III y IV: 1,036 MW1kAltamira I…Tuxpan III y IV: 983 MW983Tuxpan III…Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC): 773 MW773Presidente…Topolobampo III power station: 766 MW766Topolobamp…Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete I: 727 MW727Manuel Álv…Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete II: 727 MW727Manuel Álv…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.7°Cannual mean temp
485heating degree-days (base 18°C)
376cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,938 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 21 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 17 °CON: 15 °CND: 14 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 80% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 20/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~2% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

Mexico has 80 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,600 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 21.8347, -100.9338 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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