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Cerveceria — Honduras

Waste power plant in Cortes, Honduras. Approximate location 15.5317, -88.023.

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Cerveceria is a 2.5 MW waste power plant in Cortes, Honduras. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3.4k homes (estimated). It ranks #47 of 47 Honduras power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 322 gCO₂/kWh (55.4% low-carbon) (2024).

2.5MW installed capacity
3,441homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029380.

Data status

Known data

FacilityCerveceria WRI
CountryHonduras · Cortes WRI
Coordinates15.5317, -88.023 WRI
FuelWaste WRI
MW installed capacity2.5 MW WRI GPPD; source record

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#47 / 47 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1 / 1 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent3,441 calculated
Climate26.8°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 41/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

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

Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

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

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 15.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.8°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,216cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
52 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 25 °CJF: 25 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 29 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 27 °CON: 26 °CND: 25 °CD29 °C

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.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
41/100environmental-severity index
4.1°Cseasonal temperature swing
54 kmdistance to coast

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 waste power plant in this dataset, together about 2 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 15.5317, -88.023 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Cerveceria?

Cerveceria is a 2.5 MW waste power plant in Cortes, Honduras.

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