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Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station

Mexicali, Mexico

The 1351st largest power station in the world

570 MW · Capacity

The Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station is a complex of geothermal power stations in Baja California, Mexico. It is the world's largest complex of geothermal power stations in terms of overall size and the second-largest in terms of energy output, with an installed capacity of 820 MW. The facility is located just south of Mexicali and consists of five individual units, named CP1 through CP5.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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