Cenon is a 4 MW biomass power plant in Aquitaine, France. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 5.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #1425 of 2,216 France power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2021, it is around 5 years old — recently built. Its annual emissions of 1,512 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 352 cars driven for a year. In context, biomass supplies about 1.8% of France's electricity; the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1024983.
Data status
Known data
Official enrichment
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: ODRE official registry; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 4 MW, Cenon is well above the median biomass plant in France (2.9 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
1,512 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
Key facts
- Share of France biomass capacity
- 0.3% of 1,184 MW across 158 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 53 of 54 dated biomass plants in France are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest biomass plants in France
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.9°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 18% 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: 43/100 — 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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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 #64 largest biomass power plant of 158 in France by capacity.
France has 158 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 1,184 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Bordeaux · Biomass · 1.25 MW · Aquitaine
- Bordeaux · Solar · 14.5 MW · Aquitaine
- Astria power station · Biomass · 22 MW · Aquitaine
- Bassens · Solar · 14.28 MW · Aquitaine
- Ambarès-et-Lagrave · Solar · 1.1 MW · Aquitaine
- Blanquefort · Solar · 6.5 MW · Aquitaine
Location
Coordinates 44.8544, -0.5215 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Cenon?
Cenon is a 4 MW biomass power plant in Aquitaine, France, commissioned in 2021.
How much CO₂ does Cenon emit?
Cenon has measured emissions of about 1,512 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).