Natural Gas Power Plants in Mexico

111 plants · 63,521 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Petacalco thermal power station	2,778	1991
2	Central Termoelectrica "General Manuel Alvarez Moreno"	2,754	1982
3	General Manuel Álvarez Moreno thermal power station	2,754	2010
4	Escobedo & El Carmen combined cycle power stations	1,744	2010
5	Topolobampo II & III combined cycle power station	1,690	2015
6	Central de ciclo combinado La Rosita	1,405	2010
7	Dulces Nombres combined cycle power station	1,308	2010
8	Central de ciclo combinado Dulces Nombres	1,308	2002
9	Central Termoelectrica Presidente Juarez	1,303	1963
10	José López Portillo thermal power station	1,285	1990
11	Central Termoelectrica Tamazunchale	1,200	2007
12	Tamazunchale combined cycle power station	1,200	2010
13	Altamira V combined cycle power station	1,143	2015
14	Tamazunchale	1,135	2005
15	Altamira V	1,121	2005
16	Altamira II	1,077	2006
17	Altamira I power station	1,077	2006
18	Altamira III y IV	1,036	2010
19	Tuxpan III y IV	983	2010
20	Central Termoelectrica Samalayuca I y II	838	2015
21	Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC)	773	2005
22	Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete II	727	2015
23	Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete I	727	2015
24	Central Termoelectrica el Sauz	700	2015
25	Villa de Reyes thermal power station	700	2018
26	Termoelectrica de Mexicali	679.7	2010
27	Iberdrola Energía Monterrey	659.2	2015
28	Central termoelectrica Bajio	643	2003
29	Central Termoelectrica Huexca	642	1999
30	Puerto Libertad power station	632	1994
31	Termoelectrica de Mexicali	625	2010
32	Chihuahua II (El Encino)	619.4	2016
33	Central de ciclo combinado Chihuahua II	619	2016
34	José Aceves Pozos Power Station	616	2010
35	El Sáuz	591	2010
36	Salamanca Power Station	550	1996
37	Central termoelectrica Salamanca	550	1996
38	Valle de México (CC)	549.3	2010
39	La Laguna II combined cycle power station	538	2010
40	Huinala	528	2016
41	Valladolid III	525	2000
42	Central de ciclo combinado Valladolid III	525	2016
43	Samalayuca II	521.8	2010
44	Central Termoelectrica Emilio Portes Gil	514	2010
45	Planta Generadora La Caridad	513	2015
46	Río Bravo IV	500	2010
47	La Laguna II	498	2015
48	Río Bravo III	495	2016
49	Río Bravo II (Anáhuac)	495	2016
50	Bajío (El Sáuz)	495	2016
51	Central Termoelectrica Tuxpan V	495	2016
52	Tuxpan II	495	2016
53	Tuxpan V	495	2016
54	Mexicali	489	2015
55	Tula	489	2015
56	Mérida III	484	2010
57	Mérida III combined cycle power station	484	2010
58	Huinalá II	471.2	2010
59	San Lorenzo CFE Power Plant	464	2010
60	Dos Bocas power station	452	2016
61	Dos Bocas	452	2016
62	Norte Durango (La Trinidad)	450	2015
63	Norte Durango Power Plant	450	2016
64	Monterrey II	450	2015
65	Valle de México (Vapor)	450	2000
66	Monterrey III (Dulces Nombres)	449	2010
67	Norte II	433	1999
68	San Lorenzo Potencia	382.1	2010
69	Huinalá (CC)	377.7	2015
70	Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica Complejo Procesador de Gas Nuevo Pemex	367.4	2006
71	Compañía de Nitrógeno de Cantarell	362.6	1998
72	Tijuana	345	2010
73	Energia de BC	337.1	2010
74	Central Termoelectrica El Fresnal	335	2015
75	Central Termoelectrica Juan de Dios Batiz Paredes	320	2010
76	Baja California III combined cycle power station	300	2010
77	Emilio Portes Gil (Río Bravo) (Vapor)	300	2015
78	Nuevo Pemex	300	2006
79	Energía Azteca X	298.6	2010
80	Tractebel Energía de Monterrey	284	2001
81	Central de ciclo combinado Fuerza y energia Hermosillo	283	2010
82	Campeche Power Plant	275	2015
83	Transalta Chihuahua III	259	2015
84	Naco Nogales	258	1997
85	Transalta Campeche	252.4	2005
86	Fuerza y Energía de Hermosillo	250	2005
87	Saltillo	247.5	2001
88	Gómez Palacio	239.8	2006
89	Hermosillo	227	2010
90	Central de ciclo combinado Gomez Palacio	220	—
91	Central termoelectrica Felipe Carrillo Puerto	220	1989
92	Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Valladolid)	220	2010
93	Emilio Portes Gil (Río Bravo) (CC)	211.1	1996
94	Central de Combustion Interna Baja California Sur	209.6	2015
95	Altos Hornos de México	180.3	1991
96	Etileno 21	175	2016
97	Pemex-Petroquímica Complejo Petroquímico Morelos	172	2005
98	Pemex-Petroquímica Complejo Petroquímico Cangrejera	163.5	2015
99	Central termoelectrica Poza Rica	156.5	2010
100	Huinalá (Turbogás)	150	2015

Frequently Asked Questions: Natural Gas Power in Mexico

How many Natural Gas power plants are in Mexico?

Mexico has 111 Natural Gas power plants; the 100 largest alone total 63,521 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Natural Gas power plant in Mexico?

Petacalco thermal power station is the largest Natural Gas power plant in Mexico, with an installed capacity of 2,778 MW, commissioned in 1991.

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