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GARONA VERDA

Gas power plant in Middle Juba, Spain. Approximate location 0.7046, 42.8025.

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GARONA VERDA is a 15 MW gas power plant in Middle Juba, Spain. It is operated by NEO SC ARAN SLU. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 16,781 homes (estimated). It ranks #628 of 872 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1999, it is around 27 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 21.6% of Spain's electricity; the national grid averages 154 gCO₂/kWh (74.6% low-carbon) (2025).

15MW installed capacity
16,781homes powered (est.)
1999commissioned (~27 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006494.

~23,494 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

5,477passenger cars driven for a year
3,064homes' yearly energy use
391,572tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Spain

BESOS GRUPO 5: 1,671 MW2kBESOS GRU…ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1: 1,585 MW2kARCOS DE L…CARTAGENA GRUPO 1: 1,249 MW1kCARTAGENA …Cartagena (Escombreras) power station: 1,249 MW1kCartagena …CCC SAGUNTO GRUPO 2: 1,232 MW1kCCC SAGUNT…ESCOMBRERAS GRUPO 1: 1,199 MW1kESCOMBRERA…El Fangal power station: 1,199 MW1kEl Fangal …PALOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1: 1,167 MW1kPALOS DE L…

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

Owner

Operated by NEO SC ARAN SLU.

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 desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 0.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.3°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,027cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
24 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 27 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 27 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 26 °CON: 26 °CND: 26 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% 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: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~8% 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #60 largest gas power plant of 68 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 68 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,070 MW of capacity.

Location

Coordinates 0.7046, 42.8025 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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