Juragua nuclear power plant — Cuba

Juragua nuclear power plant is a 880 MW nuclear power station in Cienfuegos, Cuba. It ranks #1 of 22 Cuba power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% of Cuba's electricity; the national grid averages 643 gCO₂/kWh (4.0% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

Cuba has 1 nuclear power plant in this dataset, together about 880 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Carlos De Cespedes Powerplant · Oil · 382 MW · Cienfuegos
• Yaguaramas · Solar · 5.6 MW · Cienfuegos
• Varadero Powerplant · Gas · 173 MW · Matanzas
• Antonio Guiteras Powerplant · Oil · 330 MW · Matanzas
• Santa Cruz · Oil · 300 MW · Mayabeque
• Boca de Jaruco · Gas · 313 MW · Mayabeque

Location

Coordinates 22.0662, -80.5078 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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