Minas — Mexico

Minas is a 15 MW hydro power plant in Veracruz, Mexico. It ranks #268 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 8.1% of Mexico's electricity; the national grid averages 474 gCO₂/kWh (25.9% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id MEX0006573.

Data provenance

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

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 15 MW, Minas is below the median hydro plant in Mexico (19.2 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #41 largest hydro power plant of 73 in Mexico by capacity.

Mexico has 73 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 12,457 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Azucarera La Concepción · Biomass · 4.2 MW · Veracruz
• Los Humeros · Geothermal · 68.6 MW · Puebla
• Encanto · Hydro · 10 MW · Veracruz
• Ingenio Mahuixtlan · Biomass · 3.3 MW · Veracruz
• Texolo · Hydro · 1.6 MW · Veracruz
• Azucarera Independencia · Biomass · 9.6 MW · Veracruz

Location

Coordinates 19.6898, -97.1452 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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