PanAm IC Power Plant Panama

PanAm IC Power Plant Panama is a 96 MW oil power plant in Panamá, Panama. It ranks #10 of 21 Panama power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 7.4% of Panama's electricity; the national grid averages 221 gCO₂/kWh (68.0% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0043556.

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

Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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 oil power plant of 4 in Panama by capacity.

Panama has 4 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 262 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• ACP Miraflores IC Power Plant Panama · Oil · 54 MW · Panamá
• ACP Miraflores 3 and 4 Thermal Power Plant Panama · Oil · 59 MW · Panamá
• Madden Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama · Hydro · 36 MW · Colon
• MH-1A nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 10 MW · Colón
• Gatun Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama · Hydro · 22.5 MW · Colon
• Gatún power station · Gas · 670 MW · Colón

Location

Coordinates 8.9091, -79.7809 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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