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Power plants in Austria

A directory of 118 power plants in Austria with a combined installed capacity of 13,227 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

118power plants
13,227MW total capacity
6fuel types
8with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Austria)

Hydro: 96 plants96HydroOther: 7 plants7OtherBiomass: 7 plants7BiomassWind: 4 plants4WindGas: 3 plants3GasCoal: 1 plants1Coal

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).

Largest plants in Austria

#PlantFuelMW
1SimmeringGas1,272
2Mellach power stationOther1,084
3Malta main stageHydro730
4Kopswerk IIHydro525
5KW SilzHydro500
6Kaprun Limberg IIHydro480
7TimelkamGas400
8DonaustadtGas395
9KW KaunertalHydro392
10MayrhofenHydro355
11Rodundwerk IIHydro295
12GreifensteinHydro293
13KW KühtaiHydro289
14AschachHydro287
15LünerseewerkHydro280
16Kaprun main stageHydro240
17Linz Mitte power stationOther237
18Ybbs-PersenbeugHydro236
19Wallsee-MitterkirchenHydro210
20GerlosHydro200

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Hydro (96)Other (7)Biomass (7)Wind (4)Gas (3)