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Curtis-Teixeiro power station

Biomass power plant in Galicia, Spain. Approximate location 43.1577, -8.011.

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Curtis-Teixeiro power station is a 100 MW biomass power station in Galicia, Spain. It is operated by Greenalia SA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 137,657 homes (estimated). It ranks #111 of 872 Spain power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 2.2% of Spain's electricity; the national grid averages 154 gCO₂/kWh (74.6% low-carbon) (2025).

100MW installed capacity
137,657homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-315.

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in Spain

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

Owner

Operated by Greenalia SA.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.6°Cannual mean temp
2,334heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
573 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 6 °CJF: 7 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 13 °CON: 9 °CND: 7 °CD18 °C

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.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest biomass power plant of 9 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 9 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 337 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 43.1577, -8.011 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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