Home / South America / Colombia / Termobarranquilla

Termobarranquilla

Gas power plant in Atlantico, Colombia. Approximate location 10.9368, -74.7643.

GasAtlanticoColombia

Termobarranquilla is a 918 MW gas power station in Atlantico, Colombia. It is operated by TEBSA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,033,930 homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 25 Colombia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 13.8% of Colombia's electricity; the national grid averages 187 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

918MW installed capacity
1,033,930homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1018580.

~1,447,502 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

337,413passenger cars driven for a year
188,772homes' yearly energy use
24,125,040tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Colombia

Termobarranquilla: 918 MW918Termobarra…Termoflores: 670 MW670TermofloresLa Sierra: 460 MW460La SierraTermocentro: 300 MW300TermocentroTermovalle: 205 MW205Termovalle

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by TEBSA.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 10.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

28.0°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,662cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
20 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 27 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 29 °CMJ: 29 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 28 °CON: 28 °CND: 28 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% 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: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~9% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest gas power plant of 5 in Colombia by capacity.

Colombia has 5 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 2,553 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 10.9368, -74.7643 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Built from open public data; no personal information. Operate this site? Request a correction or removal.