EL CANELO — Chile

EL CANELO is a 6 MW hydro power plant in Santiago Metropolitan, Chile. It ranks #251 of 336 Chile power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 22.2% of Chile's electricity; the national grid averages 289 gCO₂/kWh (66.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CHL0001034.

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

At 6 MW, EL CANELO is below the median hydro plant in Chile (12 MW). Technically it is described as run-of-river. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #60 largest hydro power plant of 99 in Chile by capacity.

Chile has 99 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 6,416 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• GUAYACAN · Hydro · 12 MW · Santiago Metropolitan
• LAS VERTIENTES · Hydro · 2 MW · Santiago Metropolitan
• MAITENES · Hydro · 31 MW · Santiago Metropolitan
• EYZAGUIRRE · Hydro · 2 MW · Santiago Metropolitan
• PUNTILLA · Hydro · 22 MW · Santiago Metropolitan
• EL LLANO · Hydro · 2 MW · Santiago Metropolitan

Location

Coordinates -33.6031, -70.3597 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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