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Dirtiest power plants in France by CO₂

The highest-emitting power plants in France ranked by measured annual CO₂. Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryt CO₂/yr
1Vazzio power stationOilFrance393,890
2EMILE HUCHETGasFrance392,890
3EMILE HUCHETCoalFrance392,890
4COMBIGOLFEGasFrance256,790
5Landivisiau power stationGasFrance252,810
6Montoir-de-BretagneSolarFrance246,560
7Chambière power stationOtherFrance146,610
8Ruhbogen power stationOilFrance140,280
9PROVENCE 5CoalFrance137,470
10Fos-sur-MerBiomassFrance136,030
11Gonfreville-l'Orcher power stationOilFrance134,675
12SPEM Pointe power stationOilFrance129,062
13Ratier power stationOilFrance123,454
14Saint-OuenBiomassFrance109,126
15Vitry-sur-Seine cogeneration power stationGasFrance99,199
16Auguette power stationGasFrance96,502
17Saint-Thibault-des-VignesBiomassFrance95,338
18Saint-Étienne-du-RouvrayBiomassFrance95,116
19Lavera power stationOtherFrance93,812
20Condat-Le-Lardin power stationGasFrance89,968
21Bourgoin-JallieuBiomassFrance88,982
22SausheimBiomassFrance82,628
23La Madeleine power stationGasFrance76,183
24BassensSolarFrance63,720
25La Hague power stationOilFrance62,195
26Berre refinery power stationOilFrance61,728
27MorcenxBiomassFrance58,488
28Les Ulis power stationGasFrance44,169
29Nesle power stationGasFrance43,533
30MaubeugeSolarFrance42,888
31Arjowiggins Mill power stationOtherFrance38,283
32Peage-de-Roussillon Sud power stationGasFrance36,504
33Champblain power stationGasFrance34,918
34ENERSOL TIOXIDEGasFrance31,176
35ChambérySolarFrance20,906
36ChambéryBiomassFrance20,906
37Renaires power stationGasFrance19,442
38Darblay power stationGasFrance19,044
39CreutzwaldWindFrance9,944
40AmiensBiomassFrance5,014
41RoussetSolarFrance1,435

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from EPA/EU ETS/Climate TRACE; measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.