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Power Plants in Colombia

Colombia has 25 power plants on the map, adding up to about 11 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 PLANTS25

TOTAL CAPACITY11 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

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

Hydro12 · 48% · 7 GW

Coal5 · 20% · 1 GW

Gas5 · 20% · 3 GW

Solar2 · 8% · 96 MW

Oil1 · 4% · 188 MW

Largest power plants in Colombia

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

1,246 MWSan CarlosHydro

1,200 MWGavioHydro

1,000 MWChivorHydro

918 MWTermobarranquillaGas

820 MWSogamosoHydro

670 MWTermofloresGas

660 MWPorce IIIHydro

560 MWCentral GuatapéHydro

460 MWLa SierraGas

396 MWMiel IHydro

346 MWTermopaipa power stationCoal1987

330 MWTermoguajira power stationCoal1985

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