Regodola nuclear power plant — Spain

Regodola nuclear power plant is a 1,000 MW nuclear power station in Lugo, Spain. It ranks #21 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_regodola_spain.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

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

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,000 MW, Regodola nuclear power plant is around the median nuclear plant in Spain (1,087 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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 #8 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.

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Location

Coordinates 43.6893, -7.50301 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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