Cardenillo hydroelectric plant

Part of the Global Hydropower Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Report an error

Other names: Paute-Cardenillo

Cardenillo hydroelectric plant (Central Hidroeléctrica Cardenillo) is a hydroelectric power plant in pre-construction in Sevilla de Oro, Paute, Azuay, Ecuador.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Cardenillo hydroelectric plant

Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Turbines	Technology type	Owner	Operator
Pre-construction	2030 (planned)	595 MW	5	Conventional storage	Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador SA [100%]	Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador

Location

Table 2: Location details for Cardenillo hydroelectric plant

Location	River	Complex	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sevilla de Oro, Paute, Azuay, Ecuador	Río Cardenillo Chico	Paute Complex	-2.6459, -78.3935 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the hydroelectric power plant:

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-2.6459,"lon":-78.3935,"icon":""}]}

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of global hydroelectric power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Hydropower Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.