San Benito power station — Nicaragua

San Benito power station is a 150 MW gas power station in Managua, Nicaragua. It ranks #1 of 19 Nicaragua power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 0.0% of Nicaragua's electricity; the national grid averages 301 gCO₂/kWh (62.4% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 2 in Nicaragua by capacity.

Nicaragua has 2 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 215 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Tipitapa IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 52 MW · Managua
• ENEL Managua Thermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 57.4 MW · Managua
• ALBANISA Che Guevara III (Managua) IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 20.4 MW · Managua
• ALBANISA Che Guevara II IV V (Masaya) IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 61.2 MW · Masaya
• ENEL Las Brisas Thermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Gas · 65 MW · Managua
• Planta MAN 140 power station · Oil · 148 MW · Managua

Location

Coordinates 12.257759, -86.083176 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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