Belize has 8 power plants in this atlas, with 63 MW of reported capacity (reported for 6 of them). The largest listed plant is Mollejon Dam (25 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, oil and solar. Grid operators listed here include Belize Electricity Limited. Electricity is regulated by PUC. Renewables supplied 87.2% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market in Belize
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
BEL buys from local hydro, biomass and solar plants and imports from Mexico's CFE.
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.
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.
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.
