San Diego de Cabrutica power station — Venezuela

San Diego de Cabrutica power station is a 300 MW gas power station in Anzoátegui, Venezuela. It ranks #31 of 59 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. 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 GOGPT_sandiegodecabrutica_venezu.

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

At 300 MW, San Diego de Cabrutica power station is around the median gas plant in Venezuela (300 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 #23 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

• Alfredo Salazar (Anaco) · Gas · 300 MW · Anzoategui

Location

Coordinates 8.414648, -64.891606 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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