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Power plants in Paraguay

3 power-plant records · 8,760 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 100%
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Paraguay at a glance

Power-plant records
3
Reported capacity
8,760 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
100%
Most records
Hydro
Grid operator
ANDE
Capital
Asunción

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Itaipu Binacional Dam (Paraguay part)7,000 MW
  2. 2Yacyretá Dam1,550 MW
  3. 3Acaray Dam210 MW
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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 Paraguay

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Two giant hydro dams shared with Brazil and Argentina supply almost all electricity, with surplus exported.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

State utility ANDE runs transmission and distribution and takes Paraguay's share of Itaipú and Yacyretá.

Markets & power exchanges

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Paraguay generates electricity

Electricity generated42.4 TWh
Renewable share100%
Low-carbon share100%
Carbon intensity24.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro42.2 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0 TWh
Bioenergy0.24 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0 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

Paraguay is in South America. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Asunción
Languages
Guaraní, 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 3 records for Paraguay. 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

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

1 lack an owner/operator; 0 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Paraguay

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Browse 3 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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210 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1981
Source status
Operating status unverified
Hydro World · historical recordDetails & map

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