Schpoiná — Mexico
Hydro power plant in Chiapas, Mexico. Approximate location 16.3145, -92.4261.
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Schpoiná is a 2.24 MW hydro power plant in Chiapas, Mexico. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2.2k homes (estimated). It ranks #352 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 8.1% of Mexico's electricity; the national grid averages 474 gCO₂/kWh (25.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id MEX0006558.
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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 2.24 MW, Schpoiná is below the median hydro plant in Mexico (19.2 MW). Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Mexico hydro capacity
- less than 0.1% of 12,457 MW across 73 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 hydro plants in Mexico
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 16.3°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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness 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 #65 largest hydro power plant of 73 in Mexico by capacity.
Mexico has 73 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 12,457 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- La Fé Sugar power station · Biomass · 13 MW · Chiapas
- Azucarera La Fé · Biomass · 13.1 MW · Chiapas
- Belisario Domínguez (Angostura) · Hydro · 900 MW · Chiapas
- Bombana · Hydro · 5.24 MW · Chiapas
- Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) · Hydro · 2,400 MW · Chiapas
- Huixtla Sugar power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Chiapas
Location
Coordinates 16.3145, -92.4261 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Schpoiná?
Schpoiná is a 2.24 MW hydro power plant in Chiapas, Mexico.