Viento Blanco — Guatemala

Viento Blanco is a 23.1 MW wind power plant in Escuintla, Guatemala. It is operated by Grupo Luz y Fuerza Colombia SAS (GLF) [100%]. Based on reported annual generation of 93 GWh, it can supply roughly 26k homes. It ranks #46 of 77 Guatemala power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 2.3% of Guatemala's electricity; the national grid averages 301 gCO₂/kWh (68.3% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029291.

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

Technically it is described as Onshore. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

46%, from 93 GWh of reported generation

Share of Guatemala wind capacity

32.5% of 71 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 wind plants in Guatemala

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

Owner

Operated by Grupo Luz y Fuerza Colombia SAS (GLF) [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 14.4°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 #2 largest wind power plant of 2 in Guatemala by capacity.

Guatemala has 2 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 71 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• San Antonio El Sitio · Wind · 48 MW · Escuintla
• Ortitlán · Geothermal · 25.2 MW · Escuintla
• Aguacapa · Hydro · 80 MW · Santa Rosa
• Poza Verde · Hydro · 12.5 MW · Santa Rosa
• Laguna Gas 2 · Oil · 26 MW · Guatemala Department
• Laguna Gas 1 · Oil · 17 MW · Guatemala Department

Location

Coordinates 14.36, -90.556 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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