Scarborough — Trinidad and Tobago
Oil power plant in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. Approximate location 11.1847, -60.7378.
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Scarborough is a 11 MW oil power plant in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. It is operated by Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 8.3k homes (estimated). It ranks #6 of 6 Trinidad and Tobago power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 0.4% of Trinidad and Tobago's electricity; the national grid averages 682 gCO₂/kWh (0.1% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002030.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
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 Trinidad and Tobago oil capacity
- 4.1% of 271 MW across 2 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 Trinidad and Tobago
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago.
Local climate & thermal context
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 11.2°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 #2 largest oil power plant of 2 in Trinidad and Tobago by capacity.
Trinidad and Tobago has 2 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 271 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Cove Power Station · Gas · 65.6 MW · Tobago
- Port of Spain · Oil · 260 MW · City of Port of Spain
- Point Lisas · Gas · 812 MW · Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
- Penal · Gas · 234 MW · Penal/Debe
- Union Estate Power Station · Gas · 720 MW · Point Fortin
- Juan Manuel Valdez power station · Gas · 700 MW · Sucre
Location
Coordinates 11.1847, -60.7378 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Scarborough?
Scarborough is a 11 MW oil power plant in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
Who operates Scarborough?
Scarborough is operated by Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago.