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Power Plants in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago has 4 power plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 137th-largest fleet of the 155 countries that hold any, and under 0.1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 4 operating. Operating generation capacity totals 2.0 GW across 4 utility-scale plants of 100 MW and above. The largest is Point Lisas power station (812 MW).
The largest owner-operators are Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (2), Trinidad Generation Unlimited (1) and Trinity Power Ltd (1) — Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd alone is named on 50% of them. They account for 7% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Trinidad and Tobago.
Operating generation capacity by fuel
- gas2.0 GW
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Largest power plants in Trinidad and Tobago
- Point Lisas power station812 MW · gas · 1977
- Union Estate power station720 MW · gas · 2012
- Penal power station234 MW · gas · 2016
- Trinity power station225 MW · gas · 1999
Who owns Trinidad and Tobago's power plants
- Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd2 50%
- Trinidad Generation Unlimited1 25%
- Trinity Power Ltd1 25%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
How Trinidad and Tobago compares · power plants by country
- 1. China11,537
- 136. Republic of the Congo6
- 137. Brunei4
- 138. Moldova4
- 139. Trinidad and Tobago4
- 140. Gambia3
- 141. Equatorial Guinea3
- 142. Guyana3
Frequently asked
- How many power plants are there in Trinidad and Tobago?
- OverWatts maps 4 power plants in Trinidad and Tobago — under 0.1% of the world's mapped total, the 137th-largest national fleet of the 155 countries with any.
- What is the largest power plant in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Point Lisas power station, at 812 MW.
- How much power-generation capacity do Trinidad and Tobago's power plants have?
- About 2.0 GW operating across 4 plants. 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd is named as owner or operator on the most — 2 of 4 (50%). Next are Trinidad Generation Unlimited (1) and Trinity Power Ltd (1).