COGENERACION MOTRIL — Spain

COGENERACION MOTRIL is a 48.8 MW gas power plant in Andalusia, Spain. It is operated by COGENERACION MOTRIL S.A.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 55k homes (estimated). It ranks #302 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 years old — relatively modern. Its annual emissions of 86,492 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS) are equivalent to about 20k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 21.6% 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 WRI1006377.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400692; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 48.8 MW, COGENERACION MOTRIL is around the median gas plant in Spain (54 MW). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

86,492 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 (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Key facts

Share of Spain gas capacity

0.2% of 32,018 MW across 95 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

21 of 83 dated gas 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 gas plants in Spain

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

Owner

Operated by COGENERACION MOTRIL S.A..

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.7°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 61% 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: 26/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~2% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #53 largest gas power plant of 95 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 95 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 32,018 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Motril Mill power station · Gas · 49.2 MW · Andalusia
• P.E. EL CONJURO · Wind · 13.6 MW · Andalusia
• PARQUE EOLICO EL CONJURO · Wind · 17 MW · Andalusia
• DUQUE · Hydro · 12.6 MW · Andalusia
• PAMPANEIRA · Hydro · 12.8 MW · Andalusia
• Las Gabias S · Solar · 18 MW · Andalusia

Location

Coordinates 36.7334, -3.5413 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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