As Pontes power station is a 1,468.5 MW coal power station in A Coruña, Spain. It is operated by Endesa SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.8 million homes (estimated). It ranks #6 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1976, it is around 50 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 0.3% of Spain's electricity; the national grid averages 154 gCO₂/kWh (74.6% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_aspontes_spain.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,468.5 MW, As Pontes power station is well above the median coal plant in Spain (515.6 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Spain coal capacity
- 11.9% of 12,360 MW across 24 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 5 of 23 dated coal plants in Spain are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Spain
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Endesa SA [100%].
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 5% below 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: 48/100 — this site sits in the mid 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
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.
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 #1 largest coal power plant of 24 in Spain by capacity.
Spain has 24 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 12,360 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- CTCC AS PONTES GRUPO 5 · Gas · 855.7 MW · Galicia
- P.E. LEBOREIRO · Wind · 21.1 MW · Galicia
- PARQUE EOLICO MURAS II · Wind · 24.4 MW · Galicia
- P.E. DE MONTE DA SERRA · Wind · 14 MW · Galicia
- P.E. DE MONTE MARBAN · Wind · 11 MW · Galicia
- P. E. SERRA DA LOBA · Wind · 36 MW · Galicia
Location
Coordinates 43.441395, -7.862578 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is As Pontes power station?
As Pontes power station is a 1,468.5 MW coal power plant in A Coruña, Spain, commissioned in 1976.
Who operates As Pontes power station?
As Pontes power station is operated by Endesa SA [100%].