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Power plants in Honduras

40 power-plant records · 2,165 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 38%
  • Hydro 30%
  • Oil 13%
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Honduras at a glance

Power-plant records
40
Reported capacity
2,165 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
55.5%
Most records
Solar, Hydro
Capital
Tegucigalpa

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 Honduras

Wholesale marketCompetitive generation, regulated retail

Private plants sell mostly to ENEE under contracts; solar, hydro and oil each supply a large share. Part of the regional MER market via the SIEPAC line.

  1. GenerationGenerators bid into a market
  2. TransmissionSystem operator dispatches
  3. DistributionRegulated distributors
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • CREEEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned ENEE runs transmission and distribution; the Operador del Sistema (ODS) dispatches.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Honduras generates electricity

Electricity generated12.5 TWh
Renewable share55.5%
Low-carbon share55.5%
Carbon intensity322.1 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro3.8 TWh
Wind0.75 TWh
Solar1.2 TWh
Bioenergy0.84 TWh
Other renewables0.35 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0.06 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil5.5 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

Honduras 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
Tegucigalpa
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 40 records for Honduras. 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

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

19 lack an owner/operator; 33 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Honduras

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Browse 40 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

126 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
CDM · historical recordDetails & map
63 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
53 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

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