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Power plants in Austria

A directory of 131 power plants in Austria with a combined installed capacity of 17,430 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

131power plants
17,430MW total capacity
8fuel types
20with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Austria)

Hydro: 96 plants96HydroGas: 15 plants15GasBiomass: 7 plants7BiomassCoal: 6 plants6CoalWind: 4 plants4WindOther: 1 plants1OtherOil: 1 plants1OilNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Austria electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

117gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
83.6%low-carbon electricity
83.6%renewables
16.4%fossil fuels
Hydro: 52 % of electricity52HydroSolar: 14 % of electricity14SolarGas: 12 % of electricity12GasWind: 11 % of electricity11WindBioenergy: 6 % of electricity6BioenergyOil: 4 % of electricity4Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

The state of Austria’s power emissions

Across the 20 Austria power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 6.2 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Schwechat Refinery power station (oil), accounts for about 42% of that 20-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — OMV AG, Wien Energie, Verbund Thermal Power GmbH & Co KG — control roughly 77% of that 20-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

Schwechat Refinery power station: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6Schwechat …Simmering: 0.96 Mt CO2/yr0.96SimmeringMellach power station: 0.68 Mt CO2/yr0.68Mellach po…Donaustadt: 0.55 Mt CO2/yr0.55DonaustadtLinz Mitte power station: 0.25 Mt CO2/yr0.25Linz Mitte…Gratkorn Mill power station: 0.20 Mt CO2/yr0.20Gratkorn M…Linz Süd power station: 0.18 Mt CO2/yr0.18Linz Süd p…Laakirchen Paper Mill power station: 0.16 Mt CO2/yr0.16Laakirchen…Korneuberg power station: 0.16 Mt CO2/yr0.16Korneuberg…Timelkam: 0.12 Mt CO2/yr0.12Timelkam

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

OMV AG: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6OMV AGWien Energie: 1.5 Mt CO2/yr1.5Wien Energ…Verbund Thermal Power GmbH & Co KG: 0.68 Mt CO2/yr0.68Verbund Th…Linz Strom Gas Wärme GmbH: 0.42 Mt CO2/yr0.42Linz Strom…Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG [100%]: 0.20 Mt CO2/yr0.20Sappi Aust…Laakirchen Papier AG [100%]: 0.16 Mt CO2/yr0.16Laakirchen…

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Austria

#PlantFuelMW
1SimmeringGas1,240
2Mellach power stationGas1,084
3Enns Power StationCoal800
4Malta main stageHydro730
5Theiss power stationGas725
6Zwentendorf nuclear power plantNuclear700
7Kopswerk IIHydro525
8KW SilzHydro500
9Kaprun Limberg IIHydro480
10TimelkamGas400
11DonaustadtGas395
12KW KaunertalHydro392
13MayrhofenHydro355
14Duernrohr power stationCoal352
15Voitsberg power stationCoal330
16Rodundwerk IIHydro295
17GreifensteinHydro293
18KW KühtaiHydro289
19AschachHydro287
20LünerseewerkHydro280

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Browse by fuel

Hydro (96)Gas (15)

Power plants in Austria by region

Styria (31)Lower Austria (22)Upper Austria (18)Salzburg (18)Carinthia (13)Tyrol (12)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Austria. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/austria/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Austria?

There are 131 power plants in Austria in this open dataset, with about 17,430 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Austria?

Simmering is the largest at about 1,240 MW (gas).

What fuels generate electricity in Austria?

The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (96 plants), across 8 fuel types in total.

How clean is Austria's electricity grid?

Austria's grid carbon intensity is about 117 gCO₂/kWh, with 83.6% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).