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Power plants in Europe

11,103 power plants across 38 countries in Europe. Browse by country.

11,103power plants
1,166,604MW
38Country
437Mt CO₂/yr with asset-level data

Fuel — Europe

Solar: 3,864 plants4kSolarWind: 2,324 plants2kWindHydro: 1,949 plants2kHydroGas: 1,018 plants1kGasBiomass: 578 plants578BiomassCoal: 494 plants494CoalWaste: 451 plants451WasteOil: 162 plants162Oil

Backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from measured US EPA/EU ETS and Climate TRACE where available.

Countries

Countrypower plantsMW
United Kingdom2,860165,546
France2,216131,951
Germany1,442159,438
Spain89995,842
Italy48996,827
Czech Republic48119,271
Portugal48015,600
Norway30731,855
Poland24676,707
Finland20316,782
Sweden17827,886
Switzerland17415,645
Austria13117,430
Netherlands11925,772
Greece9921,708
Ukraine9873,847
Romania9721,990
Belgium9521,221
Ireland7611,501
Denmark579,023

power plants — Europe

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1Le Carnet nuclear power plantNuclearFrance6,000
2ZaporozhyeNuclearUkraine6,000
3Chernobyl nuclear power plantNuclearUkraine5,800
4GRAVELINESNuclearFrance5,706
5PALUELNuclearFrance5,528
6CATTENOMNuclearFrance5,448
7BełchatówCoalPoland5,030
8Longannet power stationCoalUnited Kingdom4,856
9FLAMANVILLENuclearFrance4,414
10Stendal nuclear power plantNuclearGermany4,000
11Chyhyryn nuclear power plantNuclearUkraine4,000
12KozieniceCoalPoland3,994
13RinghalsNuclearSweden3,932
14CRUASNuclearFrance3,824
15TRICASTIN 1NuclearFrance3,820
16CHINONNuclearFrance3,816
17BLAYAISNuclearFrance3,804
18Crimean nuclear power plantNuclearUkraine3,800
19Kingsnorth power stationCoalUnited Kingdom3,772
20Lubiatowo-Kopalino nuclear power plantNuclearPoland3,750

CO₂ — Europe

#PlantFuelCountryMt CO₂/yr
1BełchatówCoalPoland26.2
2BoA 2CoalGermany16.5
3Niederaussem power stationCoalGermany13.3
4Schwarze Pumpe power stationCoalGermany9.7
5MVA WeisweilerWasteGermany9.2
6OpoleCoalPoland8.9
7TurówCoalPoland8.4
8U.S. Steel Kosice Works power stationCoalSlovakia5.4
9PołaniecCoalPoland5.4
10Jaworzno IIICoalPoland4.6
11Pocerady power stationCoalCzech Republic4.1
12Aboño power stationGasSpain4.0
13Schkopau power stationCoalGermany3.9
14Zelzate 2 KnippegroenGasBelgium3.8
15Brindisi Nord power stationCoalItaly3.6