El Salvador
power plants.
El Salvador has 16 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 1.4 GW of tracked generating capacity. Its grid leans on oil — 33.5% of tracked capacity (0.5 GW), with hydro a distant second at 33.1%. The largest single plant we track is Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador (324 MW, online since 2017).
El Salvador electricity mix
Tracked installed capacity by fuel, from our public-data catalog. Each fuel links to its global page.
Largest plants in El Salvador
Frequently asked questions
Where does El Salvador get its electricity?
Across the 16 plants in our catalog, El Salvador's tracked capacity is led by oil at 33.5% (0.5 GW), then hydro at 33.1% and solar at 19%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public datasets, not live generation.
What is the largest power plant in El Salvador?
The largest plant we track in El Salvador is Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador, a oil facility with 324 MW of capacity (commissioned 2017). Open nrgmap to see it on the map with 15 other El Salvador plants.
How many power plants does El Salvador have?
Our catalog tracks 16 power plants in El Salvador, totalling 1.4 GW. This is a large, representative subset built from sources like WRI, EIA and OpenStreetMap — the true national total, including the smallest installations, is higher.
Can I see El Salvador's power grid on a map?
Yes — open nrgmap at app.nrgmap.com and search El Salvador to fly to it. Every tracked plant is a marker sized by capacity and coloured by fuel, with the national fuel mix in the side panel.