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Power Plants in Venezuela

Venezuela has 41 power plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 65th-largest fleet of the 155 countries that hold any, and 0.1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 14 operating. Operating generation capacity totals 17.9 GW across 14 utility-scale plants of 100 MW and above. The largest is Guri hydroelectric plant (10.2 GW).

The largest owner-operators are Corporación Eléctrica Nacional (Venezuela) SA (27), Corporación Eléctrica Nacional SA (8) and Petróleos de Venezuela SA (6) — Corporación Eléctrica Nacional (Venezuela) SA alone is named on 66% of them. Half of Venezuela's power plants in service predate 2010 (median commissioning year of the 14 with a known date), 1 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is Macagua 1 hydroelectric plant, dating from 1959. They account for 19% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Venezuela.

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41
Power Plant in Venezuela
#65
of 155 countries
17.9 GW
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Largest power plants in Venezuela

Who owns Venezuela's power plants

Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.

When they were built

Median commissioning year 2010 · oldest Macagua 1 hydroelectric plant (1959) · newest Juan Manuel Valdez power station (2018) · 14 of 41 carry a start date

How Venezuela compares · power plants by country

Frequently asked

How many power plants are there in Venezuela?
OverWatts maps 41 power plants in Venezuela — 0.1% of the world's mapped total, the 65th-largest national fleet of the 155 countries with any.
What is the largest power plant in Venezuela?
Guri hydroelectric plant, at 10.2 GW, operated by CVG Electrification del Caroni CA (Edelca).
How much power-generation capacity do Venezuela's power plants have?
About 17.9 GW operating across 14 plants, with a further 12.5 GW 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 Venezuela?
Corporación Eléctrica Nacional (Venezuela) SA is named as owner or operator on the most — 27 of 41 (66%). Next are Corporación Eléctrica Nacional SA (8), Petróleos de Venezuela SA (6) and CVG Electrification del Caroni CA (Edelca) (1).
How old are Venezuela's power plants?
The median commissioning year is 2010, across the 14 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Macagua 1 hydroelectric plant (1959); 1 came online in the past ten years.

Other asset classes in Venezuela

Oil & Gas Field 104Pipeline 32Cement Plant 11Iron & Steel Plant 6Refinery 5LNG Terminal 5Iron Ore Mine 5Coal / Uranium Mine 4Export Terminal 4Chemical Plant 2Storage / Tank Farm 1

Power Plants in other countries

China 11,537United States 3,831India 1,675Brazil 879Spain 653Australia 615Philippines 489Russia 461Canada 452Vietnam 392Japan 387Germany 335