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Power Plants in Mexico

Mexico has 277 power plants on the map, adding up to about 62 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 PLANTS277

TOTAL CAPACITY62 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

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

Hydro73 · 26% · 12 GW

Biomass62 · 22% · 681 MW

Gas61 · 22% · 26 GW

Solar29 · 10% · 3 GW

Oil23 · 8% · 12 GW

Wind20 · 7% · 2 GW

Geothermal5 · 2% · 904 MW

Coal3 · 1% · 5 GW

Nuclear1 · 0% · 2 GW

Largest power plants in Mexico

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

2,778 MWPlutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco)Coal

2,400 MWManuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)Hydro

2,100 MWAdolfo López Mateos (Tuxpan)Oil

1,606 MWFrancisco Pérez Ríos (Tula)Oil

1,510 MWLaguna VerdeNuclear

1,400 MWCarbón IICoal

1,300 MWManuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo)Oil

1,200 MWInfiernilloHydro

1,200 MWJosé López Portillo (Río Escondido)Coal

1,135 MWTamazunchaleGas

1,121 MWAltamira VGas

1,080 MWMalpasoHydro

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