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Power plants in Aruba

4 power-plant records · 223 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 25%
  • Other 25%
  • Solar 25%
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Aruba at a glance

Power-plant records
4
Reported capacity
223 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
17%
Most records
Gas, Other
Grid operator
N.V. ELMAR
Capital
Oranjestad

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1RECIP power plant193 MW
  2. 2Vader Piet Wind Farm30 MW
  3. 3Balashi Water- En Energiebedrijf Aruba NV (WEB) Water & Power StationOther
  4. 4Sunrise Solar ParkSolar
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Aruba

Island systemSmall isolated grid

Oil-fired plants plus wind and solar farms.

  1. GenerationLocal power station
  2. TransmissionIsland grid
  3. DistributionIsland utility
  4. CustomersSet tariffs

Who regulates

Electricity rules follow the Netherlands, with local oversight by the territory’s government.

Who controls the grid

WEB Aruba generates and Elmar distributes, both government-owned.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Island system” mean?

A small grid that is not connected to a larger network. One utility typically runs generation and distribution, often relying on imported fuel, with solar and batteries increasingly added.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Aruba generates electricity

Electricity generated1 TWh
Renewable share17%
Low-carbon share17%
Carbon intensity550 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0 TWh
Wind0.14 TWh
Solar0.03 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.83 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Aruba is in Caribbean. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Oranjestad
Languages
Dutch, Papiamento
Region
Caribbean

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 4 records for Aruba. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

4 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

4 lack an owner/operator; 4 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
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Browse 4 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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