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Fenix

Gas power plant in Lima, Peru. Approximate location -12.544, -76.7357.

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Fenix is a 579 MW gas power station in Lima, Peru. It is operated by Fénix Power Perú S.A.. Based on reported annual generation of 3,621 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,034,571 homes. It ranks #4 of 32 Peru power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 36.1% of Peru's electricity; the national grid averages 238 gCO₂/kWh (63.6% low-carbon) (2025).

579MW installed capacity
3,621GWh reported / yr
1,034,571homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022051.

~1,448,400 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

337,622passenger cars driven for a year
188,889homes' yearly energy use
24,140,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × 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 Peru

Kallpa: 952 MW952KallpaChilca 1: 734 MW734Chilca 1Fenix: 579 MW579FenixReserva Fria Ilo: 569 MW569Reserva Fr…Ventanilla: 524 MW524VentanillaSanta Rosa: 491 MW491Santa RosaAguaytÍa: 203 MW203AguaytÍaIlo 2: 135 MW135Ilo 2

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

Owner

Operated by Fénix Power Perú S.A..

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) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 12.5°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.6°Cannual mean temp
276heating degree-days (base 18°C)
498cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
523 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 22 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 17 °CON: 18 °CND: 20 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 89% 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: 18/100 — 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 ~3% 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 #3 largest gas power plant of 9 in Peru by capacity.

Peru has 9 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 4,262 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -12.544, -76.7357 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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