Gas power plant in Loreto, Peru. Approximate location -3.64202, -73.2179.
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Iquitos Nueva power station is a 77.7 MW gas power plant in Loreto, Peru. It is operated by Genrent del Perú SAC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 88k homes (estimated). It ranks #29 of 40 Peru power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 36.1% of Peru's electricity; the national grid averages 238 gCO₂/kWh (63.6% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_iquitosnueva_peru.
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 · L100000408598; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 77.7 MW, Iquitos Nueva power station is below the median gas plant in Peru (360.8 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. 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 Genrent del Perú SAC [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 3.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #15 largest gas power plant of 16 in Peru by capacity.
Peru has 16 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 6,118 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -3.64202, -73.2179 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Iquitos Nueva power station is a 77.7 MW gas power plant in Loreto, Peru, commissioned in 2018.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 87,512 homes (estimated).
Iquitos Nueva power station is operated by Genrent del Perú SAC [100%].
