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Power plants in Venezuela

A directory of 43 power plants in Venezuela with a combined installed capacity of 32,445 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

43power plants
32,445MW total capacity
2fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Venezuela)

Gas: 34 plants34GasHydro: 9 plants9Hydro

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Venezuela electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

86gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
91.1%low-carbon electricity
91.1%renewables
8.9%fossil fuels
Hydro: 91 % of electricity91HydroGas: 4 % of electricity4GasOil: 4 % of electricity4Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Venezuela

#PlantFuelMW
1Simon Bolivar (Guri)Hydro10,200
2Antonio Jose de Sucre (Macagua)Hydro2,930
3Manuel Piar (Tocoma) Hydroelectric Power Plant VenezuelaHydro2,530
4Fransisco de Miranda (Caruachi)Hydro2,196
5Planta CentroGas2,000
6Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant VenezuelaGas1,720
7Josefa Joaquina SanchezGas1,586
8TermozuliaGas1,300
9Ramon LagunaGas660
10Fabricio Ojeda (La Vueltosa) Hydroelectric Power Plant VenezuelaHydro514
11Josefa CamejoGas450
12Termozulia IIGas450
13Termozulia IIIGas450
14TermocaraboboGas380
15Luisa Caraceres de ArismendiGas367
16El SitioGas360
17Barcazas Josefa Rufina y MargaritaGas340
18La raisaGas310
19Alberto LoveraGas300
20Alfredo Salazar (Anaco)Gas300

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