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Corinto Barge IC Power Plant Nicaragua — 71 MW Oil

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Corinto Barge IC Power Plant Nicaragua is a 71 MW oil power plant located in Nicaragua. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
71 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Centrales Eléctricas de Nicaragua

Operator

Location
12.49, -87.17

Coordinates

Insights

#3
largest in %s
#538
largest %s worldwide
#11,682
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
21
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
71 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Centrales Eléctricas de Nicaragua
Country
NIC
Coordinates
12.488, -87.167

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
161,710 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.9M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

35,154
cars / year
21,561
homes / year
7.4M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Corinto Barge IC Power Plant is a 71 MW oil-fired power plant in Nicaragua, operational since its commissioning.

Ranked #1 of 8 oil plants in Nicaragua. Its 71 MW accounts for 17.46% of the country’s total oil capacity of 407 MW. The largest oil plant in Nicaragua is Corinto Barge IC Power Plant at 71 MW, making it the only facility of its size.

Nearby plants include San Jacinto-Tizate Geothermal Power Plant (82 MW, Geothermal), CENSA Amfels IC Power Plant (64 MW, Oil), and Nicaragua Sugar Estates Cogen Power Plant (59.3 MW, Waste). The facility is located in Chinandega, approximately 140 km northwest of Managua.

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