La Luna power station — Colombia

La Luna power station is a 1,125 MW coal power station in Cesar, Colombia. It ranks #4 of 44 Colombia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 6.1% of Colombia's electricity; the national grid averages 187 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,125 MW, La Luna power station is well above the median coal plant in Colombia (335 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest coal power plant of 9 in Colombia by capacity.

Colombia has 9 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 3,578 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• El Paso · Solar · 86.2 MW · Cesar
• La Loma power station · Coal · 350 MW · Cesar
• Casigua · Gas · 83 MW · Zulia
• Termobarranquilla · Gas · 918 MW · Atlantico
• Termoguajira power station · Coal · 275 MW · La Guajira
• Termobonda power station · Gas · 94 MW · Magdalena

Location

Coordinates 9.657608, -73.740011 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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