Gas power plant in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Approximate location -19.143606, -57.889874.
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Mutún power station is a 108 MW gas power station in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is operated by Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 122k homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 30 Bolivia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2025, it is around 1 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 62.4% of Bolivia's electricity; the national grid averages 481 gCO₂/kWh (36.1% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_mutun_bolivi.
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The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001023502; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 108 MW, Mutún power station is below the median gas plant in Bolivia (120 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún SA [100%].
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) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 19.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #8 largest gas power plant of 13 in Bolivia by capacity.
Bolivia has 13 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 2,339 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -19.143606, -57.889874 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Mutún power station is a 108 MW gas power plant in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, commissioned in 2025.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 121,638 homes (estimated).
Mutún power station is operated by Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún SA [100%].
