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AGREDA

Waste power plant in Castille and Leon, Spain. Approximate location 41.8559, -1.9224.

WasteCastille and LeonSpainCO₂ modelled

AGREDA is a 16 MW waste power plant in Castille and Leon, Spain. It is operated by INTEVER S.A.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 22k homes (estimated). It ranks #635 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 14,305 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 3.3k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 154 gCO₂/kWh (74.6% low-carbon) (2025).

16Source-backed capacity
22,438homes powered (est.)
14,305t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2000commissioned (~26 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006163.

Data status

Known data

FacilityAGREDA WRI
CountrySpain · Castille and Leon WRI
Coordinates41.8559, -1.9224 WRI
FuelWaste WRI
MW installed capacity16 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerINTEVER S.A. WRI
Commissioned2000 WRI

Modelled source data

CO₂ emissions14,305 t CO₂/yr modelled · Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#635 of 899 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#10 of 18 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.99× · 16 MW median · 18 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent22,438 calculated
Climate9.1°C · HDD 3,253 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 26/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000910977); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 16 MW, AGREDA is around the median waste plant in Spain (16 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

~14,305 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

3.3kpassenger cars driven for a year
1.9khomes' yearly energy use
238ktree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest waste plants in Spain

Zabalgarbi power station: 96 MW96Zabalgarbi…FUENTE ALAMO III: 75 MW75FUENTE ALA…GRUPO TURBO-GENERADOR 2 TIRME-SON REUS: 75 MW75GRUPO TURB…Son Reus incineration power station: 73 MW73Son Reus i…Sogama power station: 72 MW72Sogama pow…PROCESOS ECOLOGICOS CARMONA 1: 45 MW45PROCESOS E…LA ALJORRA-CARTAGENA: 27 MW27LA ALJORRA…OLEXTRA: 17 MW17OLEXTRA

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by INTEVER S.A..

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.1°Cannual mean temp
3,253heating degree-days (base 18°C)
32cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,260 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 32% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 70/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
26/100environmental-severity index
17.1°Cseasonal temperature swing
155 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #10 largest waste power plant of 18 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 18 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 628 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 41.8559, -1.9224 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is AGREDA?

AGREDA is a 16 MW source-record waste power plant in Castille and Leon, Spain, commissioned in 2000.

How many homes can AGREDA power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 22,438 homes (estimated).

Who operates AGREDA?

AGREDA is operated by INTEVER S.A..

How much CO₂ does AGREDA emit?

AGREDA has modelled emissions of about 14,305 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).

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