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- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
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Power Plant
Río Macho hydroelectric plant
7th-largest power plant in Costa Rica of 11 · top 73% worldwide (#21,761 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
- Owner
- Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 140 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 1963
Comparable power plants · Costa Rica · 11 ranked
- #1Moín power station308 MW · oil
- #5Angostura hydroelectric plant (Costa Rica)172 MW · hydro
- #6Arenal hydroelectric plant (Costa Rica)157 MW · hydro
- #7Río Macho hydroelectric plant140 MW · hydro
- #8Miravalles geothermal power plant139 MW · geothermal
- #9Pirrís hydroelectric plant134 MW · hydro
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Cachí hydroelectric plant8.3 km · Power Plant · 102 MW · hydro
- Agua Caliente Cement Plant9.3 km · Cement Plant
- ICE - Centro de Datos12 km · Data Centre
- Desamparados Cement Plant24 km · Cement Plant
- Centro de Cómputo25 km · Data Centre
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)