Gas power plant in Lambayeque, Peru. Approximate location -6.878065, -79.792538.
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Recka power station is a 181.3 MW gas power station in Lambayeque, Peru. It is operated by Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 204k homes (estimated). It ranks #18 of 40 Peru power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 36.1% of Peru's electricity; the national grid averages 238 gCO₂/kWh (63.6% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_recka_peru.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 · L100000406613; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 181.3 MW, Recka power station is below the median gas plant in Peru (360.8 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 6.9°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).
The #12 largest gas power plant of 16 in Peru by capacity.
Peru has 16 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 6,118 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -6.878065, -79.792538 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Recka power station is a 181.3 MW gas power plant in Lambayeque, Peru, commissioned in 2015.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 204,195 homes (estimated).
Recka power station is operated by Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA [100%].
