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English El Cóbano hydroelectric power station is a 60 MW hydro power plant located in Mexico. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
Insights
Location
Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Commissioned
- 2002
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Comisión Federal de Electricidad
- Country
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 19.163, -102.011
Estimated Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
gCO₂ per kWh
Annual emissions equal to
Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator
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About this plant
El Cóbano hydroelectric power station is a 60 MW hydro facility in Mexico, operated by Comisión Federal de Electricidad.
Ranked #62 of 134 hydro plants in Mexico, El Cóbano’s 60 MW accounts for 0.19% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 31,832 MW. The largest hydro plant in Mexico is Chicoasén Dam at 2,400 MW, making El Cóbano 40 times smaller.
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El Cóbano hydroelectric power station is a 60 MW hydro power plant located in Mexico. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
Insights
Location
Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Commissioned
- 2018
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Comisión Federal de Electricidad
- Country
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 19.166, -102.012
Estimated Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
gCO₂ per kWh
Annual emissions equal to
Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator
Nearby Stations
Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco)
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About this plant
Cóbano is a 60 MW hydroelectric power plant in Mexico.
Ranked #62 of 134 hydro plants in Mexico, it accounts for 0.19% of Mexico’s total hydro capacity of 31,832 MW. The largest hydro plant in Mexico is Chicoasén Dam at 2,400 MW, making Cóbano 40 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include Cupatitzio (80 MW, Hydro), Cupatitzio Hydroelectric Power Station (80 MW, Hydro), and Central Hidroeléctrica Cupatitzio (80 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Michoacán, approximately 200 km west of Mexico City.
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