Jose Cabrera nuclear power plant — Spain

Jose Cabrera nuclear power plant is a retired nuclear power station in Guadalajara, Spain. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #114 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 18.8% 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 GEM_nuc_josecabrera_spain.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (retired); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 150 MW, Jose Cabrera nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in Spain (1,087 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #10 largest nuclear power plant of 10 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 10 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 11,959 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• BOLARQUE II GRUPO 1 · Hydro · 220 MW · Castille-La Mancha
• BOLARQUE I GRUPO 1 · Hydro · 27.9 MW · Castille-La Mancha
• BUENDIA GRUPO 1 · Hydro · 54.5 MW · Castille-La Mancha
• ENTREPENAS GRUPO 1 · Hydro · 40.8 MW · Castille-La Mancha
• Olmeda de la Cuesta · Solar · 8.1 MW · Castille-La Mancha
• TRILLO · Nuclear · 1,066 MW · Castille-La Mancha

Location

Coordinates 40.3478, -2.8889 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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