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Power Plants in Panama

Panama has 17 power plants on the map, adding up to about 2 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 PLANTS17

TOTAL CAPACITY2 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

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

Hydro8 · 47% · 1 GW

Oil4 · 24% · 262 MW

Solar3 · 18% · 28 MW

Coal1 · 6% · 120 MW

Gas1 · 6% · 160 MW

Largest power plants in Panama

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

300 MWEdwin Fabrega (Fortuna) Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro

260 MWBayano Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro

222 MWChanguinola I Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro

160 MWCentral 9 de Enero (JB) CCGT Power Plant PanamaGas

120 MWBahia las Minas Coal Power Plant PanamaCoal

120 MWEsti Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro

96 MWPanAm IC Power Plant PanamaOil

59 MWACP Miraflores 3 and 4 Thermal Power Plant PanamaOil

55 MWLos Valles Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro

54 MWACP Miraflores IC Power Plant PanamaOil

53 MWPedregal Pacora Power Plant PanamaOil

47 MWLa Estrella Hydroelectric Power Plant PanamaHydro

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