Ezequiel Zamora power station — Venezuela

Ezequiel Zamora power station is a 180 MW gas power station in Guárico, Venezuela. It ranks #40 of 59 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 4.5% of Venezuela's electricity; the national grid averages 86 gCO₂/kWh (91.1% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 180 MW, Ezequiel Zamora power station is below the median gas plant in Venezuela (300 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #28 largest gas power plant of 44 in Venezuela by capacity.

Venezuela has 44 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 16,840 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• El Sitio · Gas · 360 MW · Miranda
• La raisa · Gas · 310 MW · Miranda
• Guarenas · Gas · 156 MW · Miranda
• José María España power station · Gas · 500 MW · Miranda
• Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant Venezuela · Gas · 1,720 MW · Vargas
• Barcazas Josefa Rufina y Margarita · Gas · 340 MW · Vargas

Location

Coordinates 9.847154, -66.267297 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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