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La Gloria — 6 MW Hydroelectric

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La Gloria is a 6 MW hydro power plant located in Honduras. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
6 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Honduran Electricity Company

Operator

Location
15.75, -86.36

Coordinates

Insights

#35
largest in %s
#6,179
largest %s worldwide
#27,329
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
2
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
6 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Honduran Electricity Company
Country
HND
Coordinates
15.754, -86.363

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
505 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
40,366 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

110
cars / year
67
homes / year
22,935
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Fransisco Morazan (el Cajon)

Honduras · Hydroelectric

300MW · 1994

Cuyamapa

Honduras · Hydroelectric

13MW

Coronado

Honduras · Hydroelectric

6MW · 2015

Los Laureles

Honduras · Hydroelectric

5MW

San Martin

Honduras · Hydroelectric

3MW

About this plant

La Gloria is a 6 MW hydro power plant in Honduras, operated since its commissioning.

Ranked #10 of 12 hydro plants in Honduras, La Gloria’s 6 MW represents 1.16% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 515 MW. The largest hydro plant in Honduras is Fransisco Morazan (el Cajon) at 300 MW, making La Gloria 50 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of La Gloria. The facility is located in the Atlántida region, approximately 60 km from the nearest major city, La Ceiba.

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