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Power plants in Italy

A directory of 489 power plants in Italy with a combined installed capacity of 96,827 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

489power plants
96,827MW total capacity
10fuel types
104with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Italy)

Solar: 223 plants223SolarGas: 118 plants118GasHydro: 58 plants58HydroGeothermal: 33 plants33GeothermalCoal: 16 plants16CoalOil: 15 plants15OilBiomass: 12 plants12BiomassOther: 8 plants8Other

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).

The state of Italy’s power emissions

Across the 104 Italy power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 49.1 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Brindisi Nord power station (coal), accounts for about 7% of that 104-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Tirreno, Edipower SpA, Enel SpA — control roughly 21% of that 104-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

Brindisi Nord power station: 3.6 Mt CO2/yr3.6Brindisi N…TORREVALDALIGA South: 3.3 Mt CO2/yr3.3TORREVALDA…Enipower Mantova power station: 2.2 Mt CO2/yr2.2Enipower M…Ferrera Erbognone Refinery power station: 2.2 Mt CO2/yr2.2Ferrera Er…Ravenna power station: 1.8 Mt CO2/yr1.8Ravenna po…S.E.F. Ferrara power station: 1.8 Mt CO2/yr1.8S.E.F. Fer…MONCALIERI: 1.7 Mt CO2/yr1.7MONCALIERIAndrea Palladio power station (FUSINA): 1.7 Mt CO2/yr1.7Andrea Pal…E.ON C.TE LIVORNO FERRARIS: 1.5 Mt CO2/yr1.5E.ON C.TE …TERMINI IMERESE C.LE: 1.3 Mt CO2/yr1.3TERMINI IM…

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

Tirreno: 3.8 Mt CO2/yr3.8TirrenoEdipower SpA: 3.6 Mt CO2/yr3.6Edipower S…Enel SpA: 2.9 Mt CO2/yr2.9Enel SpAEni SpA [100%]: 2.4 Mt CO2/yr2.4Eni SpA [1…Edipower: 2.4 Mt CO2/yr2.4EdipowerEnipower Mantova SpA: 2.2 Mt CO2/yr2.2Enipower M…

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Italy

#PlantFuelMW
1MONTALTO (Alessandro Volta)Gas3,446
2Brindisi Sud power stationCoal2,640
3PORTO TOLLEOil2,640
4Montalto di Castro nuclear power plantNuclear2,018
5Torrevaldaliga Nord power stationCoal1,980
6TAVAZZANOGas1,950
7LA CASELLA C.LEGas1,524
8VADO LigureGas1,353
9Saline Joniche Power StationCoal1,320
10La Spezia power stationCoal1,300
11TURBIGOOil1,285
12PIOMBINO TERMICAOil1,280
13ROSSANO TEOil1,200
14ENIPOWER BRINDISIGas1,170
15OSTIGLIAGas1,168
16SERMIDEGas1,151
17TORREVALDALIGA SouthGas1,140
18CHIVASSOGas1,123
19TERMINI IMERESE C.LEGas1,080
20ENTRACQUE_CHROHydro1,064

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Browse by fuel

Solar (223)Gas (118)Hydro (58)Geothermal (33)Coal (16)Oil (15)Other (8)Nuclear (5)

Power plants in Italy by region

Apulia (78)Sicily (46)Tuscany (44)Latium (42)Piedmont (40)Lombardy (34)Emilia-Romagna (28)Sardinia (22)Veneto (19)Campania (16)Calabria (13)Trentino-Alto Adige (13)Abruzzo (12)The Marches (11)Friuli Venezia Giulia (10)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Italy. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/italy/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Italy?

There are 489 power plants in Italy in this open dataset, with about 96,827 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Italy?

MONTALTO (Alessandro Volta) is the largest at about 3,446 MW (gas).

What fuels generate electricity in Italy?

The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (223 plants), across 10 fuel types in total.

How clean is Italy's electricity grid?

Italy's grid carbon intensity is about 285 gCO₂/kWh, with 48.8% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).