Brindisi Sud power station is a 2,640 MW coal power station in Apulia, Italy. It ranks #2 of 489 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1992, it is around 34 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 1.4% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002855.
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,980 MW for Brindisi Sud power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 2,640 MW, Brindisi Sud power station is well above the median coal plant in Italy (640 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #1 largest coal power plant of 16 in Italy by capacity.
Italy has 16 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 12,942 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Torchiarolo · Solar · 8 MW · Apulia
- ENIPOWER BRINDISI · Gas · 1,170 MW · Apulia
- Brindisi Sud I · Solar · 6.5 MW · Apulia
- Brindisi Sud II · Solar · 6.6 MW · Apulia
- Cellino San Marco · Solar · 42.7 MW · Apulia
- Brindisi Nord power station · Coal · 640 MW · Apulia
Location
Coordinates 40.5632, 18.0318 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Brindisi Sud power station?
Brindisi Sud power station is a 2,640 MW coal power plant in Apulia, Italy, commissioned in 1992.