Power plants in UruguayA directory of 73 power plants in Uruguay with a combined installed capacity of 4,246 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SALTO GRANDE | Hydro | 945 |
| 2 | CONSTITUCIÓN | Hydro | 333 |
| 3 | PUNTA DEL TIGRE A | Oil | 300 |
| 4 | CTR | Gas | 212 |
| 5 | MONTES DEL PLATA | Biomass | 180 |
| 6 | UPM | Biomass | 161 |
| 7 | DR. GABRIEL TERRA | Hydro | 152 |
| 8 | PAMPA | Wind | 142 |
| 9 | RINCÓN DE BAYGORRIA | Hydro | 108 |
| 10 | MOTORES CENTRAL BATLLE | Oil | 80 |
| 11 | COLONIA ARIAS | Wind | 70 |
| 12 | VALENTINES | Wind | 70 |
| 13 | JUAN PABLO TERRA | Wind | 67 |
| 14 | PARQUE EÓLICO ARTILLEROS | Wind | 65 |
| 15 | LA JACINTA | Solar | 65 |
| 16 | EL NARANJAL | Solar | 59 |
| 17 | PERALTA I GCEE | Wind | 59 |
| 18 | PERALTA II GCEE | Wind | 59 |
| 19 | PARQUE EÓLICO CARAPÉ I | Wind | 51 |
| 20 | CUCHILLA DEL PERALTA I | Wind | 50 |
There are 73 power plants in Uruguay in this open dataset, with about 4,246 MW of total capacity.
SALTO GRANDE is the largest at about 945 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is wind (39 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.
Uruguay's grid carbon intensity is about 80 gCO₂/kWh, with 97.8% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
