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Sopladora hydroelectric plant
7th-largest power plant in Ecuador of 47 · top 30% worldwide (#8,909 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador
- Owner
- Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador SA
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 487 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 2016
Comparable power plants · Ecuador · 47 ranked
- #1Zamora G8 hydroelectric plant3.6 GW · hydro
- #5Paute Molino hydroelectric plant1.1 GW · hydro
- #6Cardenillo hydroelectric plant595 MW · hydro
- #7Sopladora hydroelectric plant487 MW · hydro
- #8Chespí-Palma Real hydroelectric plant468 MW · hydro
- #9Bloque CCGN (Ecuador) power station400 MW · gas
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Paute Molino hydroelectric plant7.2 km · Power Plant · 1.1 GW · hydro
- Cardenillo hydroelectric plant8.4 km · Power Plant · 595 MW · hydro
- Mazàr hydroelectric plant19 km · Power Plant · 170 MW · hydro
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)