Cobre Panamá power station — Panama

Cobre Panamá power station is a 153 MW gas power station in Colón, Panama. It ranks #7 of 21 Panama power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 20.8% of Panama's electricity; the national grid averages 221 gCO₂/kWh (68.0% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest gas power plant of 4 in Panama by capacity.

Panama has 4 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,364 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Gatun Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama · Hydro · 22.5 MW · Colon
• MH-1A nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 10 MW · Colón
• Ingenio · Solar · 10 MW · Cocle
• Divisa Solar · Solar · 9.9 MW · Cocle
• Estrella · Solar · 8 MW · Cocle
• Gatún power station · Gas · 670 MW · Colón

Location

Coordinates 9.005716, -80.689504 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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