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Power plants in Belize

8 power-plant records · 63 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 50%
  • Oil 25%
  • Solar 25%
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Belize at a glance

Power-plant records
8
Reported capacity
63 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
87.2%
Most records
Hydro, Oil
Capital
Belmopan

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 Belize

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

BEL buys from local hydro, biomass and solar plants and imports from Mexico's CFE.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • PUCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), majority owned by the government, buys power and runs the network.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

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

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

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 Belize generates electricity

Electricity generated0.47 TWh
Renewable share87.2%
Low-carbon share87.2%
Carbon intensity170.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.24 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.01 TWh
Bioenergy0.16 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.06 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

Belize is in Central America. 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
Belmopan
Languages
Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
Region
Central America

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 8 records for Belize. 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

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

1 lack an owner/operator; 3 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Belize

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Browse 8 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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MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.