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Power Plants in Paraguay
Paraguay has 3 power plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 140th-largest fleet of the 155 countries that hold any, and under 0.1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 1 operating and 2 under construction or proposed. Operating generation capacity totals 210 MW across 1 utility-scale plants of 100 MW and above. The largest is Paracel power station (220 MW).
The largest owner-operators are Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) (1), ERIH Holdings (1) and PAN-AFRICAN SOLEIL HOLDINGS Pte Ltd (1) — Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) alone is named on 33% of them. 2 are in the pipeline, led by Paracel power station (220 MW), under construction. They account for 43% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Paraguay.
Operating generation capacity by fuel
- hydro210 MW
- biomass0 MW +220 MW planned
- solar0 MW +100 MW planned
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Largest power plants in Paraguay
- Paracel power station220 MW · biomass · 2027 · construction
- Acaray hydroelectric plant210 MW · hydro · 1968
- PASH and ERIH solar farm100 MW · solar · proposed
Who owns Paraguay's power plants
- Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE)1 33%
- ERIH Holdings1 33%
- PAN-AFRICAN SOLEIL HOLDINGS Pte Ltd1 33%
- Paracel SA1 33%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
Under construction & proposed
- Paracel power station220 MW · biomass · 2027 · construction
- PASH and ERIH solar farm100 MW · solar · proposed
How Paraguay compares · power plants by country
- 1. China11,537
- 142. Guyana3
- 143. Jamaica3
- 144. Macau3
- 145. Paraguay3
- 146. Togo3
- 147. Burkina Faso2
- 148. Benin2
Frequently asked
- How many power plants are there in Paraguay?
- OverWatts maps 3 power plants in Paraguay — under 0.1% of the world's mapped total, the 140th-largest national fleet of the 155 countries with any.
- What is the largest power plant in Paraguay?
- Paracel power station, at 220 MW, operated by Paracel.
- How much power-generation capacity do Paraguay's power plants have?
- About 210 MW operating across 1 plants, with a further 320 MW under construction or proposed. That covers utility-scale sites of 100 MW and above, so it sits below national installed capacity wherever distributed generation is large.
- Who owns the power plants in Paraguay?
- Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) is named as owner or operator on the most — 1 of 3 (33%). Next are ERIH Holdings (1), PAN-AFRICAN SOLEIL HOLDINGS Pte Ltd (1) and Paracel SA (1).
- What new power plants are being built in Paraguay?
- 2 projects are under construction or proposed. The largest are Paracel power station (220 MW) and PASH and ERIH solar farm (100 MW).