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Power plants in Uruguay

73 power-plant records · 4,209 MW reported capacity

  • Wind 53%
  • Solar 18%
  • Biomass 14%
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Uruguay at a glance

Power-plant records
73
Reported capacity
4,209 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
98.9%
Most records
Wind, Solar
Grid operator
ADME
Capital
Montevideo

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 Uruguay

Wholesale marketCompetitive generation, regulated retail

Wind, hydro, biomass and solar supply over 90% of electricity.

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

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

State-owned UTE runs transmission and distribution; ADME runs the wholesale market.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

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 Uruguay generates electricity

Electricity generated13.4 TWh
Renewable share98.9%
Low-carbon share98.9%
Carbon intensity69.6 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro4.5 TWh
Wind5.2 TWh
Solar0.56 TWh
Bioenergy3 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.15 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

Uruguay 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
Montevideo
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 73 records for Uruguay. 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

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

73 lack an owner/operator; 73 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Uruguay

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Browse 73 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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