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Power Plants in Chile

Chile has 315 power plants on the map, adding up to about 22 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS315

TOTAL CAPACITY22 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

How Chile’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Hydro99 · 31% · 6 GW

Solar77 · 24% · 4 GW

Oil73 · 23% · 3 GW

Biomass22 · 7% · 384 MW

Wind18 · 6% · 898 MW

Coal14 · 4% · 5 GW

Gas11 · 3% · 3 GW

Petcoke1 · 0% · 63 MW

Largest power plants in Chile

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

1,002 MWTERMOELECTRICA TOCOPILLA (U12)Coal

875 MWNEHUENCOGas

768 MWATACAMA (CC1-CC2)Gas

760 MWGUACOLDACoal

690 MWRALCOHydro

570 MWPEHUENCHEHydro

488 MWTERMOELECTRICA ANGAMOS 1(ANG1)_ 2(ANG2)Coal

478 MWBOCAMINA (I-II)Coal

474 MWCOLBUNHydro

467 MWPANGUEHydro

450 MWEL TOROHydro

406 MWSAN ISIDRO IIGas

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