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Power plants in polar climate zones

This open dataset places 241 power plants in polar Köppen-Geiger climate zones, totalling about 25,481 MW of capacity. Across the 5 with an asset-level CO₂ figure, emissions reach about 1.1 Mt CO₂/yr, at a median intensity of about 1,238 t CO₂ per MW of combustion capacity. The most common plant type in this zone is hydro.

241power plants
25,481MW capacity
5with CO₂ data
1,238median t CO₂ / MW

Plant types in polar zones

Hydro: 192 plants192HydroOil: 19 plants19OilSolar: 9 plants9SolarGeothermal: 6 plants6GeothermalGas: 5 plants5GasWind: 4 plants4WindCoal: 3 plants3CoalNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

Climate class: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). Backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

State Grid Lasa Gas power station: 0.63 Mt CO2/yr0.63State Grid…LHASA TPSP: 0.39 Mt CO2/yr0.39LHASA TPSPBarrow: <0.1 Mt CO2/yr<0.1BarrowDutch Harbor: <0.1 Mt CO2/yr<0.1Dutch Harb…Snake River: <0.1 Mt CO2/yr<0.1Snake River

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per source.

Largest plants in polar zones

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1Arctic LNG 2 Terminal power stationGasRussia1,500
2BieudronHydroSwitzerland1,285
3TEESTA-IIIHydroIndia1,200
4LimmernHydroSwitzerland1,000
5EDOLOHydroItaly950
6Fljótsdalsvirkjun (Kárahnjúkar )HydroIceland690
7GROSIOHydroItaly655
8S.FIORANOHydroItaly544
9Kopswerk IIHydroAustria525
10Yamzho YumcoHydroChina510
11KW SilzHydroAustria500
12Kaprun Limberg IIHydroAustria480
13VISHNU PRAYAGHydroIndia400
14KW KaunertalHydroAustria392
15NendazHydroSwitzerland392

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Power plants by Köppen climate zone — Polar. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE and Köppen-Geiger/WorldClim (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/climate/polar/

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