Cerra de Hula — Honduras

Cerra de Hula is a 126 MW wind power station in Francisco Morazan, Honduras. It is operated by Iberdrola SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 107k homes (estimated). It ranks #6 of 47 Honduras power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2011, it is around 15 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 6.0% of Honduras's electricity; the national grid averages 322 gCO₂/kWh (55.4% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029371.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000905586; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as Onshore. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Owner

Operated by Iberdrola SA [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 13.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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

Honduras has 1 wind power plant in this dataset, together about 126 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Nacaome · Hydro · 30 MW · Francisco Morazan
• Tres Valles · Biomass · 8 MW · Francisco Morazan
• Pacific Solar · Solar · 63 MW · Valle
• Pacific Solar (bal) · Solar · 25 MW · Valle
• Pacific Solar I · Solar · 25.9 MW · Valle
• Pacific Solar II · Solar · 25.9 MW · Valle

Location

Coordinates 13.9321, -87.2324 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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