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AES — power plant portfolio

AES operates 11 power plants across 5 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 4,172 MW.

11power plants
4,172MW total capacity
5countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 4 plants4GasCoal: 3 plants3CoalHydro: 2 plants2HydroWind: 1 plants1WindSolar: 1 plants1Solar

Fleet interpretation

AES is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 5 countries; the largest concentration is United Kingdom (5), Kazakhstan (2), United States of America (2), Bulgaria (1).

The fuel mix by asset count is gas (4), coal (3), hydro (2), wind (1). The largest listed asset is Kilroot in United Kingdom (824 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 409 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 11 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
KilrootCoalUnited Kingdom824
Shulbinskaya HPPHydroKazakhstan720
AES GalabovoCoalBulgaria690
Ballylumford CGasUnited Kingdom616
Ballylumford BGasUnited Kingdom540
A.E.S. Corp.CoalUnited States of America454
Ust-Kamenogorsk HPPHydroKazakhstan331
Kilroot OCGTGasUnited Kingdom142
Ballylumford B OCGTGasUnited Kingdom116
AES Saurashtra WindfarmsWindIndia39
AES IluminaSolarUnited States of America24

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does AES operate?

AES operates 11 power plants across 5 countries, with about 4,172 MW of total capacity.

What is AES's largest power plant?

Kilroot in United Kingdom is its largest at about 824 MW.

What types of power plants does AES run?

Its fleet is mostly gas (4), coal (3), hydro (2).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology