East power station — Bermuda

East power station is a 58 MW oil power plant in Pembroke, Bermuda. It is operated by Bermuda Electric Light Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 44k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 2 Bermuda power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern.

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408509; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

Owner

Operated by Bermuda Electric Light Co Ltd [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a subtropical zone climate — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year. Locations in this band typically see hot summers and mild winters.

Climate zone derived from latitude.

How it compares & nearby plants

Bermuda has 1 oil power plant in this dataset, together about 58 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• North power station · Gas · 56 MW · Pembroke

Location

Coordinates 32.297585, -64.792266 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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