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 23,106 power plants in temperate Köppen-Geiger climate zones, totalling about 5,538,266 MW of capacity. Across the 2,533 with an asset-level CO₂ figure, emissions reach about 4,378 Mt CO₂/yr, at a median intensity of about 1,661 t CO₂ per MW of combustion capacity. The most common plant type in this zone is solar.

23,106power plants

5,538,266MW capacity

2,533with CO₂ data

1,661median 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	Xiluodu	Hydro	China	13,860
3	Baihetan Dam	Hydro	China	13,050
4	Shidao Bay nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	8,279
5	Bailong nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	8,100
6	Kashiwazaki Kariwa	Nuclear	Japan	7,965
7	Xiangjiaba	Hydro	China	7,750
8	Haiyang nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,506
9	Lianjiang nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,500
10	Nanyang nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,500
11	Xiaomoshan nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,500
12	Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Japan	7,456
13	Sanmen nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,404
14	Lufeng nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,400
15	Jinqimen nuclear power plant	Nuclear	China	7,200

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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