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Power Plants in Nicaragua
Nicaragua has 16 power plants on the map, adding up to about 1 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is oil. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.
POWER PLANTS16
TOTAL CAPACITY1 GW
MOST COMMON FUELOil
By fuel
How Nicaragua’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Oil8 · 50% · 405 MW
Hydro2 · 13% · 104 MW
Geothermal2 · 13% · 159 MW
Waste2 · 13% · 116 MW
Gas1 · 6% · 65 MW
Solar1 · 6% · 13 MW
Largest power plants in Nicaragua
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
82 MWSan Jacinto-Tizate Geothermal Power Plant NicaraguaGeothermal
77 MWMomotombo Geothermal Power Plant NicaraguaGeothermal
71 MWCorinto Barge IC Power Plant NicaraguaOil
65 MWENEL Las Brisas Thermal Power Plant NicaraguaGas
64 MWCENSA Amfels IC Poqwer Plant NicaraguaOil
61 MWALBANISA Che Guevara II IV V (Masaya) IC Power Plant NicaraguaOil
59 MWNicaragua Sugar Estates Cogen Power Plant NicaraguaWaste
57 MWENEL Managua Thermal Power Plant NicaraguaOil
57 MWMonte Rosa Cogen Power Plant NicaraguaWaste
54 MWALBANISA Che Guevara VI VII (Nagarote) IC Power Plant NicaraguaOil
54 MWCarlos Fonesca (Santa Barbara) Hydroelectric Power Plant NicaraguaHydro
51 MWTipitapa IC Power Plant NicaraguaOil
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