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ELCOSA — 80 MW Oil

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ELCOSA is a 80 MW oil power plant located in Honduras. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
80 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1998

Year online

Owner
Empresa Nacional De Energia Electrica

Operator

Location
15.86, -87.96

Coordinates

Insights

#6
largest in Honduras
#510
largest Oil worldwide
#11,117
largest worldwide
1998
1 yrs newer than avg
16
operated by Empresa Nacional De…
13
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
80 MW
Commissioned
1998
Status
Operational
Owner
Empresa Nacional De Energia Electrica
Country
HND
Coordinates
15.856, -87.956

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
182,208 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
5,466,240 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

39,610
cars / year
24,294
homes / year
8,282,182
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

ELCOSA is an 80 MW oil-fired power plant in Honduras, operated by Empresa Nacional De Energia Electrica. Commissioned in an unspecified year, it contributes to the country’s energy needs.

Ranked #3 of 5 oil plants in Honduras, ELCOSA’s 80 MW represents 10.14% of Honduras’s total oil capacity of 789 MW. The largest oil plant in Honduras is ENERSA Choloma at 371 MW, making ELCOSA 4.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include ENERSA Choloma (371 MW, Oil) and EMCE (26.6 MW, Oil). The facility is located in Honduras, approximately 200 km from the capital, Tegucigalpa.

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