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Termocarabobo

Gas power plant in Carabobo, Venezuela. Approximate location 10.4839, -68.1492.

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Termocarabobo is a 380 MW gas power station in Carabobo, Venezuela. Based on reported annual generation of 935 GWh, it can supply roughly 267,142 homes. It ranks #14 of 43 Venezuela power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 4.5% of Venezuela's electricity; the national grid averages 86 gCO₂/kWh (91.1% low-carbon) (2024).

380MW installed capacity
935GWh reported / yr
267,142homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1018679.

~374,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

87,179passenger cars driven for a year
48,774homes' yearly energy use
6,233,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × 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 Venezuela

Planta Centro: 2,000 MW2kPlanta Cen…Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant Venezuela: 1,720 MW2kRicardo Zu…Josefa Joaquina Sanchez: 1,586 MW2kJosefa Joa…Termozulia: 1,300 MW1kTermozuliaRamon Laguna: 660 MW660Ramon Lagu…Josefa Camejo: 450 MW450Josefa Cam…Termozulia II: 450 MW450Termozulia…Termozulia III: 450 MW450Termozulia…

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

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 10.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.1°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,578cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
357 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 24 °CJF: 24 °CFM: 25 °CMA: 26 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 26 °CON: 25 °CND: 24 °CD26 °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 ~7% 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 #9 largest gas power plant of 34 in Venezuela by capacity.

Venezuela has 34 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,430 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 10.4839, -68.1492 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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