Ecuador has 22 power plants in this atlas, with 4,245 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Coca Coda Sinclair (1,500 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, oil and gas. Grid operators listed here include CENACE. Electricity is regulated by ARCONEL. Renewables supplied 72.4% 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 Ecuador
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Hydropower supplies most electricity, and a 2024 drought caused long daily blackouts.
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 “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
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.
Ecuador is in South 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
Quito
Languages
Spanish
Region
South 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 22 records for Ecuador. 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
22 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 22 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
