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Power Plants in Ecuador
Ecuador has 22 power plants on the map, adding up to about 4 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 PLANTS22
TOTAL CAPACITY4 GW
MOST COMMON FUELHydro
By fuel
How Ecuador’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Hydro10 · 45% · 3 GW
Oil6 · 27% · 468 MW
Gas4 · 18% · 473 MW
Solar2 · 9% · 50 MW
Largest power plants in Ecuador
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
1,500 MWCoca Coda SinclairHydro2010
1,100 MWPauteHydro
487 MWSopladora IIHydro
181 MWElectroquilGas
146 MWGonzalo ZevallosGas1978
133 MWCentral Termica TrinitariaOil1994
133 MWEsmeraldasOil
96 MWEsmeraldas IIOil2014
95 MWAlvaro TinajeroGas
65 MWManduriacuHydro2015
52 MWMirafloresOil
51 MWSanta RosaGas
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