José María España power station — Venezuela

José María España power station is a 500 MW gas power station in Miranda, Venezuela. It ranks #14 of 59 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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_josemariaespana_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 500 MW, José María España power station is well above 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 #7 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

• Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant Venezuela · Gas · 1,720 MW · Vargas
• Barcazas Josefa Rufina y Margarita · Gas · 340 MW · Vargas
• La raisa · Gas · 310 MW · Miranda
• El Sitio · Gas · 360 MW · Miranda
• Guarenas · Gas · 156 MW · Miranda
• Turboven · Gas · 40 MW · Aragua

Location

Coordinates 10.420934, -66.954939 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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