Cogeneración Refinería Olmeca Dos Bocas — Mexico

Cogeneración Refinería Olmeca Dos Bocas is a 341 MW gas power station in Tabasco, Mexico. It ranks #99 of 366 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 GOGPT_cogeneracionrefineriao_mexico.

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

At 341 MW, Cogeneración Refinería Olmeca Dos Bocas is around the median gas plant in Mexico (368 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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 #72 largest gas power plant of 129 in Mexico by capacity.

Mexico has 129 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 58,538 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Santa Rosalía · Biomass · 25.2 MW · Tabasco
• Cactus Cogen power station · Gas · 530 MW · Tabasco
• Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica Complejo Procesador de Gas Cactus · Gas · 120.7 MW · Chiapas
• Presidente Benito Juárez power station · Biomass · 14 MW · Tabasco
• Ingenio Benito Juárez · Biomass · 14 MW · Tabasco
• CPG NUEVO PEMEX · Oil · 300 MW · Chiapas

Location

Coordinates 18.418663, -93.203974 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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