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Nicaragua Sugar Estates Cogen Power Plant Nicaragua — 59 MW Waste

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Nicaragua Sugar Estates Cogen Power Plant Nicaragua is a 59 MW waste power plant located in Nicaragua. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
59 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Nicaragua Sugar Estates

Operator

Location
12.53, -87.05

Coordinates

Insights

#7
largest in Nicaragua
#54
largest Waste worldwide
#12,511
largest worldwide
2015
12 yrs newer than avg
1
operated by Nicaragua Sugar Estates
26
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Waste
Capacity
59 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Nicaragua Sugar Estates
Country
NIC
Coordinates
12.531, -87.047

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
119,997 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2,999,928 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
330 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

26,086
cars / year
16,000
homes / year
5,454,414
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

Nicaragua Sugar Estates Cogen Power Plant is a 59.3 MW waste power plant in Nicaragua.
Ranked #1 of 2 waste plants in Nicaragua, it comprises 51.21% of the country’s total waste capacity of 116 MW. The largest waste plant in Nicaragua is the Nicaragua Sugar Estates Cogen Power Plant itself at 59 MW.
Nearby plants within 50 km include San Jacinto-Tizate Geothermal Power Plant (82 MW, Geothermal) and Corinto Barge IC Power Plant (71 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Chinandega region, approximately 140 km northwest of Managua.

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