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Platanares — 39 MW Geothermal

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Platanares is a 39 MW geothermal power plant located in Honduras. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
39 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2017

Year online

Owner
—

Operator

Location
14.75, -88.95

Coordinates

Insights

#15
largest in %s
#101
largest %s worldwide
#15,416
largest worldwide
2017
%d yrs newer than avg
15
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Geothermal
Capacity
39 MW
Commissioned
2017
Status
Operational
Owner
—
Country
HND
Coordinates
14.747, -88.952

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
10,386 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
311,576 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
38 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

2,258
cars / year
1,385
homes / year
472,084
trees to offset

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

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Rio Lindo

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ELCOSA

Honduras · Oil

80MW · 1998

Pacific Solar

Honduras · Solar

63MW · 2016

About this plant

Platanares is a 39 MW geothermal power plant in Honduras, commissioned in 2017.

Ranked #1 of 1 geothermal plant in Honduras, Platanares accounts for 100% of the country’s geothermal capacity of 39 MW. The largest geothermal plant in Honduras is also Platanares at 39 MW.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in the department of La Paz, approximately 100 km from Tegucigalpa.

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