Gas power plant in Colón, Panama. Approximate location 9.328438, -79.908015.
GasColónPanamaCCGT · HRSGGE Power: STF-D600, GE Power: 7F.05, GE Power: 7F.05
Gatún power station is a 670 MW gas power station in Colón, Panama. It is operated by Grupo Energy Gas Panamá SRL [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 755k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 21 Panama power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2024, it is around 2 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 20.8% of Panama's electricity; the national grid averages 221 gCO₂/kWh (68.0% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_gatun_panama.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406670; fuel: GEM GOGPT
Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Power: STF-D600, GE Power: 7F.05, GE Power: 7F.05. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Grupo Energy Gas Panamá SRL [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 9.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
A gas turbine here also runs ~8% 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.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #1 largest gas power plant of 4 in Panama by capacity.
Panama has 4 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,364 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 9.328438, -79.908015 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Gatún power station is a 670 MW gas power plant in Colón, Panama, commissioned in 2024.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 754,611 homes (estimated).
Gatún power station is operated by Grupo Energy Gas Panamá SRL [100%].
