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LA ROBLA GRUPO 2

Coal power plant in Castille and Leon, Spain. Approximate location 42.7924, -5.634.

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LA ROBLA GRUPO 2 is a 619 MW coal power station in Castille and Leon, Spain. It is operated by GAS NATURAL FENOSA GENERACION S.L.U.. Based on reported annual generation of 1,592 GWh, it can supply roughly 454,742 homes. It ranks #45 of 872 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1984, it is around 42 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 0.3% of Spain's electricity; the national grid averages 154 gCO₂/kWh (74.6% low-carbon) (2025).

619MW installed capacity
1,592GWh reported / yr
454,742homes powered
1984commissioned (~42 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006593.

~1,591,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

371,002passenger cars driven for a year
207,564homes' yearly energy use
26,526,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2015: 2,550 GWh20152016: 1,469 GWh20162017: 1,592 GWh20173k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by GAS NATURAL FENOSA GENERACION S.L.U.. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.5°Cannual mean temp
2,814heating degree-days (base 18°C)
72cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,015 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 11 °CON: 6 °CND: 4 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 14% above 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: 57/100 — 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 #5 largest coal power plant of 17 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 17 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,783 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 42.7924, -5.634 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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