Corani Hydroelectric Power Plant Bolivia

Corani Hydroelectric Power Plant Bolivia is a 70 MW hydro power plant in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is operated by Bolivian National Electricity CO (ENDE). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 70k homes (estimated). It ranks #12 of 30 Bolivia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1967, it is around 59 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 27.9% of Bolivia's electricity; the national grid averages 481 gCO₂/kWh (36.1% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0044721.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 70 MW for Corani hydroelectric plant (Bolivia), but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001025691; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 70 MW, Corani Hydroelectric Power Plant Bolivia is well above the median hydro plant in Bolivia (30 MW). Technically it is described as conventional and run-of-river. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

Key facts

Share of Bolivia hydro capacity

15.1% of 463 MW across 14 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

0 of 5 dated hydro plants in Bolivia are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Bolivia

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

Owner

Operated by Bolivian National Electricity CO (ENDE).

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 17.2°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 18% 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: 43/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), 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

The #2 largest hydro power plant of 14 in Bolivia by capacity.

Bolivia has 14 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 463 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Santa Isabel Hydroelectric Power Plant Bolivia · Hydro · 91 MW · Cochabamba
• Valle Hermoso Power Plant Bolivia · Gas · 167 MW · Cochabamba
• Bulo Bulo OCGT Power Plant Bolivia · Gas · 90 MW · Santa Cruz
• Carrasco OCGT Power Plant Bolivia · Gas · 152.6 MW · Cochabamba

Location

Coordinates -17.2122, -65.8758 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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