Tala Electric — Mexico
Biomass power plant in Jalisco, Mexico. Approximate location 20.667, -103.7224.
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Tala Electric is a 25 MW biomass power plant in Jalisco, Mexico. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 34k homes (estimated). It ranks #249 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 1.7% 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 MEX0006699.
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
At 25 MW, Tala Electric is well above the median biomass plant in Mexico (10 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Mexico biomass capacity
- 2.7% of 924 MW across 72 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 biomass plants in Mexico
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 20.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 89% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 18/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), 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 #8 largest biomass power plant of 72 in Mexico by capacity.
Mexico has 72 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 924 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Ingenio Tala · Biomass · 12 MW · Jalisco
- Manuel M. Diéguez (Santa Rosa) · Hydro · 70 MW · Jalisco
- Ingenio San Francisco Ameca · Biomass · 4.5 MW · Jalisco
- PTAR Agua Prieta power station · Biomass · 11.4 MW · Jalisco
- Jalisco 1 · Solar · 8 MW · Jalisco
- Jalisco 2 · Solar · 8 MW · Jalisco
Location
Coordinates 20.667, -103.7224 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Tala Electric?
Tala Electric is a 25 MW biomass power plant in Jalisco, Mexico.