geothermal power in El Salvador

{{Short description|none}}

Geothermal power in El Salvador represents 25% of the country's total electricity production.{{Citation |url=http://www.geothermal-energy.org/229,welcome_to_our_page_with_data_for_el_salvador_-_electricity_generation.html |title=Generacion Electricidad El Salvador |newspaper=IGA |accessdate=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327054716/http://www.geothermal-energy.org/229,welcome_to_our_page_with_data_for_el_salvador_-_electricity_generation.html |archive-date=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead }}{{Citation |url=http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/3/43373/2011-021-Mercados_mayoristas_de_electricidad-L1010.pdf |title=CENTROAMÉRICA: MERCADOS MAYORISTAS DE ELECTRICIDAD Y TRANSACCIONES EN EL MERCADO ELÉCTRICO REGIONAL, 2010 |newspaper=CEPAL |accessdate=2011-08-30 |archive-date=2012-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062432/http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/3/43373/2011-021-Mercados_mayoristas_de_electricidad-L1010.pdf |url-status=dead }} El Salvador is one of the top ten geothermal energy producers in the world. Since 1975, the Ahuachapán geothermal field has been in continuous and successful commercial operation. Since 1992, the Berlin geothermal field is under commercial production, with the installation of two units. Each one with 5 MWe power plants.