Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (Vapor) — Mexico

Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (Vapor) is a 320 MW oil power station in Baja California, Mexico. It is operated by CFE. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 240k homes (estimated). It ranks #105 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 9.4% 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 MEX0001816.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,095 MW for Presidente Juárez 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

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406243; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 320 MW, Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (Vapor) is around the median oil plant in Mexico (300 MW). 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.

Key facts

Share of Mexico oil capacity

2.7% of 12,022 MW across 27 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Mexico

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 oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 68% 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: 24/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #12 largest oil power plant of 27 in Mexico by capacity.

Mexico has 27 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 12,022 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC) · Gas · 773 MW · Baja California
• Tijuana · Gas · 345 MW · Baja California
• South Bay Fuel Cell Plant · Biomass · 1.5 MW · California
• CalPeak Power Border Peaker Plant · Gas · 60.5 MW · Baja California
• Border Hybrid Energy Center · Gas · 60.5 MW · Baja California
• Chula Vista Energy Center · Gas · 44 MW · California

Location

Coordinates 32.3698, -117.0685 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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