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Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete I

Gas power plant in Colima, Mexico. Approximate location 19.0278, -104.3192.

GasColimaMexicoCO₂ reported

Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete I is a 727 MW gas power station in Colima, Mexico. It is operated by CFE. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 818,809 homes (estimated). It ranks #27 of 335 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 8,352,200 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 1,946,900 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 61.6% of Mexico's electricity; the national grid averages 474 gCO₂/kWh (25.9% low-carbon) (2025).

727MW installed capacity
818,809homes powered (est.)
8,352,200t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id MEX0001778.

8,352,200 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,946,900passenger cars driven for a year
1,089,228homes' yearly energy use
139,203,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Mexico

Tamazunchale: 1,135 MW1kTamazuncha…Altamira V: 1,121 MW1kAltamira VAltamira III y IV: 1,036 MW1kAltamira I…Tuxpan III y IV: 983 MW983Tuxpan III…Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC): 773 MW773Presidente…Topolobampo III power station: 766 MW766Topolobamp…Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete I: 727 MW727Manuel Álv…Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete II: 727 MW727Manuel Álv…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by CFE. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 19.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.6°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,140cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
5 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 25 °CJF: 25 °CFM: 24 °CMA: 25 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 28 °CON: 27 °CND: 26 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #7 largest gas power plant of 80 in Mexico by capacity.

Mexico has 80 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,600 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 19.0278, -104.3192 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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