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Energia de BC

Gas power plant in Baja California, Mexico. Approximate location 32.6009, -115.6275.

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Energia de BC is a 337 MW gas power station in Baja California, Mexico. It is operated by Energia De Bc S. De R.l. De C. V.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 379,670 homes (estimated). It ranks #74 of 335 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).

337MW installed capacity
379,670homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id MEX0001814.

~531,539 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

123,902passenger cars driven for a year
69,319homes' yearly energy use
8,858,988tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Mexico

Tamazunchale: 1,135 MW1kTamazuncha…Altamira V: 1,121 MW1kAltamira VAltamira III y IV: 1,036 MW1kAltamira I…Tuxpan III y IV: 983 MW983Tuxpan III…Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC): 773 MW773Presidente…Topolobampo III power station: 766 MW766Topolobamp…Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete I: 727 MW727Manuel Álv…Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete II: 727 MW727Manuel Álv…

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

Owner

Operated by Energia De Bc S. De R.l. De C. V..

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

22.6°Cannual mean temp
379heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,061cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
25 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 25 °CMJ: 29 °CJJ: 33 °CJA: 33 °CAS: 30 °CSO: 24 °CON: 18 °CND: 13 °CD33 °C

Heating degree-days here run 85% 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: 19/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~5% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #40 largest gas power plant of 80 in Mexico by capacity.

Mexico has 80 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,600 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 32.6009, -115.6275 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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