Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea Geothermal Power Plants in Central

Geothermal Power Plants in Central America
The map shows the geothermal power plants currently in operation in Central America. Not included are projects in exploration or planning stage.
90°0'0"W
85°0'0"W
Balancan Tenosique
Mexico
Belize
Belmopan
El Cayo
Orzunil
Guatemala
San Luis
Field: Amatitlán
Mazatenango
COD: 2007
Units: 1 in operation
Wells: 4 prod.
Depth: 1,000 - 2,000 m
Temperature: 285 °C
Installed Capacity: 24 MWel [1]
Running Capacity: 20 MWel [1]
Produced Energy: 158 GWh/yr
Owner: Ormat
Supplier: Ormat, Ortitlan
Salama
Zacapa
Santa Barbara
El Progreso
Chiquimula
Jalapa
Gracias
Brus Laguna
Yoro
Juticalpa
Honduras
San Jose
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Field: Momotombo
COD: 1983
Units: 3 in operation
Wells: 12 prod., 5 inj.
Depth: 200 - 2,800 m
Nicaragua
Temperature: 182 °C
[1], [2]
Installed Capacity: 96 MWel
Running Capacity: 24 MWel [2]
Produced Energy: 275 GWh/yr
Owner: Ormat
Supplier: Alstrom, Polaris (now Ram Power)
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
San Andres
Las Pailas
Juigalpa
La Cruz
San Carlos
San Juan del Norte
Liberia
Canas
100
Direct Use Topology
Total Installed Total Produced Capacity Energy Total Units [MW el]
[GWh/yr]
COSTA RICA
1
21
5.8
Greenhouse
207
1,131
8
EL SALVADOR
2
40
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Agricultural drying, fish farming, greenhouse
204
1,422
7
52
289
8
GUATEMALA
2.31
56.42
15.7
Agricultural drying, bathing and swimming, industrial process heat
HONDURAS
1.9
45
12.5
Bathing and swimming
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NICARAGUA
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142
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BOCHUM UNIVERSITY
OF APPLIED SCIENCES
90°0'0"W
Quesada
Miravalles
Puerto Limon
Heredia
Field: Miravalles
COD: 1994
Alajuela San Jose
Units: 6 in operation
Cartago
Costa Rica Sixaola Wells: 33 prod., 14 inj.
Depth: 1,000 - 2,000 m
AlmiranteTemperature: 240 °C
Installed Capacity: 165 MWel [1]
Bocas
delCapacity:
Toro 136 MWel [1], [3]
Running
Ciudad Cortes
Produced Energy: 1,131 GWh/yr
10°0'0"N
10°0'0"N
Country
Total Thermal Direct Use Direct Use Installed Capacity [TJ/yr]
[GWh/year]
[MW th]
Field: Rincón de la Vieja
COD: 2011
Units: 2 in operation
Depth: 1,400 - 1,900 m
Temperature: 260 °C
Costa Rica
Installed Capacity: 42 MWel [2]
[2]
Running Capacity: 35 MWel
Owner: Banco Centoamericano de Integracion
Economia (BCIE)
Supplier: Ormat
Bluefields
Granada
Rivas
Pacific Ocean
Nicaragua
Momotombo
La Esperanza La Paz
Tegucigalpa
Santa Ana Chalatenango
Yuscaran
Sonsonate San Vicente
Ocotal
Nacaome
San El
Salvador
SalvadorUsulutan La Union
Zacatecoluca
Somoto
Esteli Jinotega
Choluteca
Kilometers
INTERNATIONAL
GEOTHERMAL
CENTER
Field: San Jacinto-Tizate
COD: 2007
Units: 3 in operation
Wells: 3 prod., 2 inj.
Depth: 2,200 m
Temperature: 260 - 290 °C
Installed Capacity: 46 MWel [1]
Running Capacity: 10 MWel [3]
Produced Energy: 72 GWh/yr
Owner: Polaris (now Ram Power)
Supplier: Alstrom, Polaris
Chinandega Matagalpa
Boaco
Leon
Field: Berlín
COD: 1992
Units: 4 in operation
Wells: 11 prod., 18 inj.
Depth: 2,000 - 2,500 m
Temperature: 300 °C
El Salvador
Installed Capacity: 109 MWel [1]
Running Capacity: 104 MWel [3]
Produced Energy: 753 GWh/yr
Owner: LaGeo, Enel Green Power
Supplier: Fuji, General Electric, Nuovo Pignone, Enex
INTERNATIONAL
GEOTHERMAL
ASSOCIATION
Trujillo
San Jacinto-Tizate
Escuintla Cuilapa Jutiapa
Berlín
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Puerto Lempira
Field: Ahuachapán
COD: 1975
Units: 3 in operation
Wells: 21 prod., 9 inj.
Depth: 600 - 1,500 m
Temperature: 230 - 250 °C
Installed Capacity: 95 MWel [1]
Running Capacity: 84 MWel [1]
Produced Energy: 669 GWh/yr
Owner: LaGeo, Enel Green Power
Supplier: Mitsubishi, Fuji
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Roatan
La Ceiba
Ahuachapán
El Salvador
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Puerto Barrios San Pedro Sula
Coban
Huehuetenango
Punta Gorda
Nort h
Livingston
Guatemala
Tapachula San Marcos
Solola
Amatitlán Retalhuleu
15°0'0"N
Guatemala
Field: Zunil
COD: 1998
Units: 7 in operation
Wells: 5 prod., 2 inj.
Depth: 1,000 m
Temperature: 182 °C
Installed Capacity: 28 MWel [1]
Running Capacity: 16 MWel [1]
Produced Energy:
131 GWh/yr
Escuintla
Owner: Ormat
Supplier: Ormat, Orzunil
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15°0'0"N
La Libertad
San Cristobal de Las Casas
Dangriga
Flores
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Caribbean Sea
Belize City
Owner: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
Supplier: Toshiba, Ormat, Mitsubishi, Ansaldo/Tosi
Golfito
Puerto Armuelles
Costa Rica
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References
Maps: NASA/JPL/NIMA - Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov); Natural Earth (http://www.naturalearthdata.com/); ESRI ArcGIS Physical and Ocean (http://www.arcgis.com/)
Pictures: Ram Power, Corp. (http://www.ram-power.com/); LaGeo (http://www.lageo.com.sv/index.php); ORMAT Technologies, Inc. (http://www.ormat.com/)
Data: [ 1 ]: IGA Web Geothermal Database (http://www.geothermal-energy.org/);
[2]
: E-Mail correspondence Ms. Yogev, Marketing and Communication Manager, Ormat Technologies Inc., 24.11/08.12.2011;
[3]
: Montalvo, F.E. et al.: "Estado Actual Del Desarrollo De Los Recursos Geothermicos En Centroamerica", fifth edition, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, San Salvador, Pisa, San Jose, 2009/2010;
IGA Geothermal Conference Database - Country Updates and Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2005, 2010 (http://www.geothermal-energy.org/);
Pullinger, C.: "Geothermal Development in Central America: Opportunities and Difficulties", United Nations University - Geothermal Training Programme, LaGeo, El Salvador, 2009
(http://www.os.is/gogn/unu-gtp-sc/UNU-GTP-SC-09-11.pdf);
85°0'0"W Moya, P.; Perez, L.D.: "Las Pailas Geothermal Project: A 35 MW Plant", World Geothermal Congress 2010, Indonesia, 2010 (http://b-dig.iie.org.mx/BibDig/P10-0464/pdf/0632.pdf);
Think GeoEnergy - Global Geothermal Power Plant Map (http://thinkgeoenergy.com/archives/7892); Enipedia (http://enipedia.tudelft.nl/wiki/Enipedia)
Abbreviations
December 2011
COD: Commission date; prod.: production; inj.: injection