Hydroelectric Power Plants in Mexico

134 plants · 31,672 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Presa Chicoasen	2,400	1980
2	Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)	2,400	1980
3	Chicoasén Dam	2,400	1974
4	Infiernillo	1,200	1994
5	Presa Infiernillo	1,200	1994
6	Infiernillo Dam	1,200	1962
7	Malpaso Dam	1,080	1958
8	Presa Malpaso	1,080	1994
9	Malpaso	1,080	2004
10	Aguamilpa Solidaridad	960	1994
11	Angostura Dam	900	1969
12	Belisario Domínguez (Angostura)	900	2009
13	Presa La Angostura	900	2010
14	Alfredo Elías Ayub (La Yesca)	750	2012
15	La Yesca Dam	750	2012
16	Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (El Cajón)	750	2003
17	El Cajón Dam	750	2007
18	Presa El Cajon	750	2005
19	Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (El Caracol)	600	2004
20	El Caracol dam	600	1978
21	Huites Dam	422	2002
22	Luis Donaldo Colosio (Huites)	422	2002
23	Ángel Albino Corzo (Peñitas)	420	2005
24	Presa Penitas	420	1994
25	Peñitas Dam	420	1979
26	Central Hidroelectrica Temascal	354	2008
27	Temascal hydroelectric power station	354	2010
28	Temascal	354	2010
29	La Villita	320	2010
30	La Villita Dam	320	1964
31	Zimapán Dam	292	1989
32	Central Hidroelectrica Fernando Hiriart Balderrama	292	1994
33	Fernando Hiriart Balderrama (Zimapán)	292	1994
34	Valentín Gómez Farías (Agua Prieta)	240	2002
35	Agua Prieta hydroelectric power station	240	2002
36	Mazatepec hydroelectric power station	220	2010
37	Central hidroectrica Mazatepec	220	—
38	Mazatepec hydroelectric power station	220	—
39	Plutarco Elías Calles (El Novillo)	135	2003
40	El Novillo Dam	135	1958
41	Amistad Dam	132	1969
42	Necaxa hydroelectric power station	109	1992
43	Necaxa	109	1994
44	Ixtapantongo hydroelectric power station	106	1938
45	Raúl J. Marsal (Comedero)	100	2015
46	El Comedero Dam	100	2012
47	Central Hidroelectrica Gustavo Diaz Ordaz	92	1994
48	Bacurato	92	2010
49	Bacurato Dam	92	—
50	Humaya Dam	90	1957
51	Humaya	90	2015
52	Central Hidroelectrica Cupatitzio	80	2014
53	Cupatitzio	80	2014
54	Cupatitzio hydroelectric power station	80	2009
55	Lerma (Tepuxtepec)	74	2015
56	Lerma hydroelectric power station	73.5	2015
57	Manuel M. Diéguez (Santa Rosa)	70	2010
58	Santa Rosa Dam	68	—
59	Central Hidroelectrica de Santa Rosa	68	—
60	La Amistad	66	2010
61	Falcon Dam	63	1954
62	El Cóbano hydroelectric power station	60	2002
63	El Cóbano hydroelectric power station	60	2018
64	Central Hidroelectrica Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla	60	2000
65	Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Dam	60	1952
66	El Fuerte	59.4	2004
67	Colimilla	51.2	2015
68	Planta Hidroelectrica Tingambato	42	2005
69	Planta hidroelectrica de Tuxpango	39	—
70	Tepexic	39	2016
71	Patla	37	2015
72	Tuxpango	36	2015
73	Compañía de Energía Mexicana	36	2010
74	Planta Falcon	31.5	—
75	Falcón	31.5	—
76	Mexicana de Hidroelectricidad Mexhidro	30	2018
77	General Ambrosio Figueroa hydroelectric power station	30	2015
78	Chilapan	26	2010
79	La Boquilla Dam	25	—
80	Boquilla	25	2015
81	Jose Cecilio del Valle hydroelectric power station	21	—
82	José Cecilio del Valle	21	2015
83	Oviáchic	19.2	2010
84	Álvaro Obregón Dam	19	—
85	Proveedora de Electricidad de Occidente	19	—
86	Camilo Arriaga hydroelectric power station	18	—
87	Botello hydroelectric power station	18	—
88	Camilo Arriaga (El Salto)	18	2002
89	Central Hidroelectrica Camilo Arriaga	18	—
90	Botello	18	2018
91	Minas	15	2015
92	Central Hidroelectrica Minas	15	—
93	Salvador Alvarado (Sanalona)	14	2018
94	Sanalona Dam	14	2015
95	Primero Empresa Minera	14	2018
96	Platanal	12.6	—
97	Proenermex Santa Gertrudis	12	—
98	Procesamiento Energetico Mexicano	11.3	2015
99	Cervecería Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma	10	2015
100	Encanto hydroelectric power station	10	—

Frequently Asked Questions: Hydroelectric Power in Mexico

How many Hydroelectric power plants are in Mexico?

Mexico has 134 Hydroelectric power plants; the 100 largest alone total 31,672 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in Mexico?

Presa Chicoasen is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in Mexico, with an installed capacity of 2,400 MW, commissioned in 1980.

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