Cabeço do Carvalho — Portugal

Cabeço do Carvalho is a 1.1 MW wind power plant in Madeira, Portugal. It ranks #459 of 480 Portugal power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 26.7% of Portugal's electricity; the national grid averages 128 gCO₂/kWh (81.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023310.

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 1.1 MW, Cabeço do Carvalho is below the median wind plant in Portugal (11.5 MW). Technically it is described as Offshore floating. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #221 largest wind power plant of 224 in Portugal by capacity.

Portugal has 224 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 5,055 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Porto Santo · Solar · 2 MW · Madeira
• Caniçal · Solar · 6.6 MW · Madeira
• Fajã da Nogueira · Hydro · 2.4 MW · Madeira
• Meia Serra (Estação de Tratamento de Resíduos) · Waste · 8 MW · Madeira
• Santa Quitéria · Hydro · 1.7 MW · Madeira
• Serra de Água · Hydro · 4.9 MW · Madeira

Location

Coordinates 33.0586, -16.3636 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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