Punta Lima — United States of America

Punta Lima is a 26 MW wind power plant in Naguabo, United States of America. It is operated by Sovereign Bank. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 22k homes (estimated). It ranks #4388 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2011, it is around 15 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1026815.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 26 MW for Punta Lima wind farm, 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 · L100000906481; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 26 MW, Punta Lima is below the median wind plant in United States of America (67.7 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

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

Key facts

Share of United States of America wind capacity

less than 0.1% of 104,873 MW across 1,139 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

513 of 1,139 dated wind plants in United States of America are older

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

Capacity vs largest wind plants in United States of America

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Sovereign Bank.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 18.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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 an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion 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 #736 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,873 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Daguao · Gas · 42 MW · Naguabo
• Río Blanco · Hydro · 5 MW · Naguabo
• Humacao · Solar · 46.7 MW · Humacao
• Yabucoa · Gas · 42 MW · Humacao
• Ceiba Norte · Solar · 7.6 MW · Municipio de Juncos
• Vieques EPP · Oil · 6 MW · Vieques Municipality

Location

Coordinates 18.1978, -65.6982 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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