Power plants in VenezuelaA directory of 59 power plants in Venezuela with a combined installed capacity of 38,719 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 | Simon Bolivar (Guri) | Hydro | 10,200 |
| 2 | Antonio Jose de Sucre (Macagua) | Hydro | 2,930 |
| 3 | Manuel Piar (Tocoma) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Hydro | 2,530 |
| 4 | Fransisco de Miranda (Caruachi) | Hydro | 2,160 |
| 5 | Planta Centro | Gas | 2,000 |
| 6 | Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant Venezuela | Gas | 1,720 |
| 7 | Josefa Joaquina Sanchez | Gas | 1,586 |
| 8 | Termozulia | Gas | 1,300 |
| 9 | Paso Diablo power station | Coal | 1,000 |
| 10 | Campo Junín power station | Coal | 900 |
| 11 | Juan Manuel Valdez power station | Gas | 700 |
| 12 | Ramon Laguna | Gas | 660 |
| 13 | Fabricio Ojeda (La Vueltosa) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Hydro | 514 |
| 14 | José María España power station | Gas | 500 |
| 15 | Don Luis Zambrano power plant | Gas | 470 |
| 16 | Josefa Camejo | Gas | 450 |
| 17 | Termozulia II | Gas | 450 |
| 18 | Termozulia III | Gas | 450 |
| 19 | Termocarabobo | Gas | 380 |
| 20 | Luisa Caraceres de Arismendi | Gas | 367 |
There are 59 power plants in Venezuela in this open dataset, with about 38,719 MW of total capacity.
Simon Bolivar (Guri) is the largest at about 10,200 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (44 plants), across 4 fuel types in total.
Venezuela's grid carbon intensity is about 86 gCO₂/kWh, with 91.1% 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)).
