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Nacaome — 30 MW Hydroelectric

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Nacaome is a 30 MW hydro power plant located in Honduras. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
30 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Empresa Nacional De Energia Electrica

Operator

Location
13.69, -87.36

Coordinates

Insights

#18
largest in %s
#3,804
largest %s worldwide
#16,429
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
16
operated by %s
25
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
30 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Empresa Nacional De Energia Electrica
Country
HND
Coordinates
13.687, -87.361

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,523 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
201,830 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

548
cars / year
336
homes / year
114,676
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

Lufussa III

Honduras · Oil

231MW · 2010

Cerra de Hula

Honduras · Wind

126MW · 2015

Valle Solar Park

Honduras · Solar

100MW · 2015

Rio Lindo

Honduras · Hydroelectric

80MW

Lufussa II

Honduras · Oil

80MW · 1998

About this plant

Nacaome is a 30 MW hydro power plant in Honduras, operated by Empresa Nacional De Energia Electrica since its commissioning.

Ranked #3 of 12 hydro plants in Honduras, Nacaome’s 30 MW represents 5.82% of Honduras’s total hydro capacity of 515 MW. The largest hydro plant in Honduras is Fransisco Morazan (el Cajon) at 300 MW, making Nacaome 10 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Lufussa III (231 MW, Oil), Cerra de Hula (126 MW, Wind), and Valle Solar Park (100 MW, Solar). The facility is located in the Valle Province, approximately 90 km from Tegucigalpa.

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