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Power Plants in Guatemala
Guatemala has 76 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 PLANTS76
TOTAL CAPACITY4 GW
MOST COMMON FUELHydro
By fuel
How Guatemala’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Hydro30 · 39% · 1 GW
Oil19 · 25% · 984 MW
Biomass13 · 17% · 881 MW
Coal5 · 7% · 572 MW
Solar3 · 4% · 115 MW
Waste2 · 3% · 6 MW
Geothermal2 · 3% · 54 MW
Wind2 · 3% · 71 MW
Largest power plants in Guatemala
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
300 MWChixoyHydro1983
300 MWJaguar Energy power stationCoal2016
170 MWArizona VaporOil2008
145 MWMagdalenaBiomass1994
139 MWSan JoseCoal2000
129 MWPoliwattOil2000
119 MWBiomassBiomass2014
105 MWSanta AnaBiomass1995
94 MWXacbalHydro2010
90 MWAguacapaHydro1982
89 MWLas PalmasOil1998
87 MWTrinidadBiomass2011
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