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Power plants in Trinidad and Tobago

6 power-plant records · 2,145 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 67%
  • Oil 33%
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Trinidad and Tobago at a glance

Power-plant records
6
Reported capacity
2,145 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
0.1%
Most records
Gas, Oil
Capital
Port of Spain

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 Trinidad and Tobago

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Natural gas supplies almost all electricity, keeping prices among the lowest in the Caribbean.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • RICEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned T&TEC runs transmission and distribution and buys power from gas-fired generators.

Markets & power exchanges

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Trinidad and Tobago generates electricity

Electricity generated9.6 TWh
Renewable share0.1%
Low-carbon share0.1%
Carbon intensity681.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.01 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas9.5 TWh
Other fossil0.04 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

Trinidad and Tobago is in Caribbean. 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
Port of Spain
Languages
English
Region
Caribbean

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 6 records for Trinidad and Tobago. 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

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

0 lack an owner/operator; 3 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Trinidad and Tobago

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Browse 6 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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