Planta Centro — Venezuela
Gas power plant in Carabobo, Venezuela. Approximate location 10.4949, -68.1552.
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Planta Centro is a 2,000 MW gas power station in Carabobo, Venezuela. It ranks #5 of 59 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1978, it is around 48 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 4.5% of Venezuela's electricity; the national grid averages 86 gCO₂/kWh (91.1% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1018665.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 2,600 MW for Planta Centro power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
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 2,000 MW, Planta Centro is well above the median gas plant in Venezuela (300 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #1 largest gas power plant of 44 in Venezuela by capacity.
Venezuela has 44 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 16,840 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Termocarabobo · Gas · 380 MW · Carabobo
- Planta del Este · Gas · 141 MW · Carabobo
- Castillito Gas Power Plant Venezuela · Gas · 85 MW · Carabobo
- Pedro Camejo · Gas · 300 MW · Carabobo
- La Cabrera power station · Gas · 320 MW · Aragua
- Turboven · Gas · 40 MW · Aragua
Location
Coordinates 10.4949, -68.1552 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Planta Centro?
Planta Centro is a 2,000 MW gas power plant in Carabobo, Venezuela, commissioned in 1978.