Esmeraldas — Ecuador
Oil power plant in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Approximate location 0.9266, -79.6878.
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Esmeraldas is a 132.5 MW oil power station in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. It ranks #11 of 34 Ecuador power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 17.9% of Ecuador's electricity; the national grid averages 159 gCO₂/kWh (79.4% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1018604.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 132.5 MW, Esmeraldas is well above the median oil plant in Ecuador (96 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #3 largest oil power plant of 14 in Ecuador by capacity.
Ecuador has 14 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,207 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Esmeraldas II · Oil · 96 MW · Esmeraldas
- Manduriacu · Hydro · 63 MW · Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas
- Gualberto Hernandez · Oil · 34.3 MW · Pichincha
- Santa Rosa · Gas · 51.3 MW · Pichincha
Location
Coordinates 0.9266, -79.6878 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Esmeraldas?
Esmeraldas is a 132.5 MW oil power plant in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Pre Construction 1982.