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Power plants in Italy

A directory of 441 power plants in Italy with a combined installed capacity of 79,758 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

441power plants
79,758MW total capacity
9fuel types
56with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Italy)

Solar: 223 plants223SolarGas: 64 plants64GasHydro: 58 plants58HydroGeothermal: 33 plants33GeothermalOther: 29 plants29OtherOil: 13 plants13OilCoal: 10 plants10CoalBiomass: 10 plants10Biomass

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Italy electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

285gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
48.8%low-carbon electricity
48.8%renewables
51.2%fossil fuels
Gas: 47 % of electricity47GasSolar: 17 % of electricity17SolarHydro: 16 % of electricity16HydroWind: 8 % of electricity8WindBioenergy: 6 % of electricity6BioenergyOil: 3 % of electricity3OilOther Renewables: 2 % of electricity2Other Rene…Coal: 1 % of electricity1Coal

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Italy

#PlantFuelMW
1MONTALTO (Alessandro Volta)Gas3,446
2Brindisi Sud power stationCoal2,640
3PORTO TOLLEOil2,640
4Torrevaldaliga Nord power stationCoal1,980
5TURBIGOOil1,569
6TAVAZZANOGas1,520
7TORREVALDALIGA SouthGas1,488
8LA CASELLA C.LEGas1,466
9OSTIGLIAGas1,457
10VADO LigureGas1,353
11La Spezia power stationCoal1,300
12PIOMBINO TERMICAOil1,280
13ENIPOWER BRINDISIGas1,260
14TERMINI IMERESE C.LEGas1,235
15ROSSANO TEOil1,200
16SERMIDEGas1,151
17CHIVASSOGas1,123
18ENTRACQUE_CHROHydro1,064
19Taranto CHP power stationGas1,023
20PRESENZANOHydro1,005

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Solar (223)Gas (64)Hydro (58)Geothermal (33)Other (29)Oil (13)Coal (10)Biomass (10)