Power plants in temperate climate zones

Name: Power plants in Temperate climate zones
Creator: PowerAtlas
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This open dataset places 23,146 power plants in temperate Köppen-Geiger climate zones, totalling about 5,428,081 MW of capacity. Across the 2,543 with an asset-level CO₂ figure, emissions reach about 4,406 Mt CO₂/yr, at a median intensity of about 1,825 t CO₂ per MW of combustion capacity. The most common plant type in this zone is solar.

23,146power plants

5,428,081MW capacity

2,543with CO₂ data

1,825median t CO₂ / MW

Plant types in temperate zones

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

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

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

Largest plants in temperate zones

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Three Gorges Dam	Hydro	China	22,500
2	Baihetan Dam	Hydro	China	13,050
3	Xiluodu	Hydro	China	12,600
4	Shidao Bay nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	8,279
5	Kashiwazaki Kariwa	Nuclear	Japan	8,212
6	Bailong nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	8,100
7	Haiyang nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,506
8	Lianjiang nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,500
9	Nanyang nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,500
10	Xiaomoshan nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,500
11	Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Japan	7,456
12	Sanmen nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,404
13	Lufeng nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,400
14	Jinqimen nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,200
15	Zhangzhou nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,024

Cite this

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

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