El Salvador has 16 power plants in this atlas, with 1,419 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador (324 MW, oil; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are solar, hydro and geothermal. Grid operators listed here include Unidad de Transacciones. Electricity is regulated by SIGET. Renewables supplied 90.8% 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 El Salvador
The Unidad de Transacciones (UT) runs the market. Geothermal, hydro and a new gas plant supply power. Part of the regional MER market via the SIEPAC line.
Part of the SIEPAC line and the Central American Regional Electricity Market, regulated by CRIE and operated by the EOR across six countries.
What does “Wholesale market” mean?
Power plants compete to sell electricity in a wholesale market or pool, dispatched by a system operator. Most consumers still buy from a regulated distribution company at approved tariffs.
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.
El Salvador 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
San Salvador
Languages
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 16 records for El Salvador. 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
16 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 16 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
