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Los Laureles — 5 MW Hydroelectric

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Los Laureles is a 5 MW hydro power plant located in Honduras. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
—

Operator

Location
15.56, -87.22

Coordinates

Insights

#37
largest in %s
#6,396
largest %s worldwide
#28,180
largest worldwide
11
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
—
Country
HND
Coordinates
15.560, -87.217

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
437 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
34,984 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

95
cars / year
58
homes / year
19,877
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

ENERSA Choloma

Honduras · Oil

371MW · 2015

Fransisco Morazan (el Cajon)

Honduras · Hydroelectric

300MW · 1994

ELCOSA

Honduras · Oil

80MW · 1998

Rio Lindo

Honduras · Hydroelectric

80MW

Canaveral

Honduras · Hydroelectric

29MW

EMCE

Honduras · Oil

27MW

About this plant

Los Laureles is a 5.2 MW hydro power plant in Honduras, contributing to the country’s renewable energy sources.

Ranked #11 of 12 hydro plants in Honduras, it represents 1.01% of Honduras’s total hydro capacity of 515 MW. The largest hydro plant in Honduras is Fransisco Morazan (el Cajon) at 300 MW, making Los Laureles 57.7 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Cuyamapa (12.8 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Cortés region, approximately 50 km from San Pedro Sula.

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