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UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U. — power plant portfolio

UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U. operates 10 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 2,158 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 43,060 t CO₂/yr.

10power plants
2,158MW total capacity
1countries
43,060t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Oil: 10 plants10Oil

Fleet interpretation

UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U. is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Spain (10).

The fuel mix by asset count is oil (10). The largest listed asset is BARRANCO DE TIRAJANA 7 VAPOR 3 (CC1) in Spain (697 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 221 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 2 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 2 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 10 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
BARRANCO DE TIRAJANA 7 VAPOR 3 (CC1)OilSpain6971,685,524
GRANADILLA 1 GAS 1OilSpain693
JINAMAR 10 GAS 2OilSpain234
PUNTA GRANDE 19 DIESEL 11OilSpain185
CANDELARIA 9 VAPOR 5OilSpain154
LAS SALINAS 12 DIESEL 9OilSpain72468,081
LOS GUINCHOS 15 GAS MOVIL 2OilSpain67
LAS SALINAS 8 GAS 2OilSpain51
ARONA 1 GAS 1OilSpain43
LAS SALINAS 9 (GAS MOVIL 1)OilSpain12

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 UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U. operate?

UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U. operates 10 power plants across 1 country, with about 2,158 MW of total capacity.

What is UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U.'s largest power plant?

BARRANCO DE TIRAJANA 7 VAPOR 3 (CC1) in Spain is its largest at about 697 MW.

What types of power plants does UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U. run?

Its fleet is mostly oil (10).

How much CO₂ do UNION ELECTRICA DE CANARIAS GENERACION S.A.U.'s plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 43,060 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

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