VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station is a 32 MW waste power plant in Haute-Normandie, France. It is operated by Syndicat Mixte d'Élimination des Déchets Arrondissement de Rouen. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 44k homes (estimated). It ranks #240 of 2,216 France power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 584,466 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 136k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-173.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: facility name / public source type explicitly indicates waste-to-energy or municipal waste facility
In context: how this plant compares
Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
584,466 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
Owner
Operated by Syndicat Mixte d'Élimination des Déchets Arrondissement de Rouen.
Local climate & thermal context
This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 49.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 9% 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: 54/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
France has 1 waste power plant in this dataset, together about 32 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Darblay power station · Gas · 24 MW · Haute-Normandie
- Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray · Biomass · 0.91 MW · Haute-Normandie
- Cléon · Solar · 4.56 MW · Haute-Normandie
- Alizay Paper Mill power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Haute-Normandie
- Poses · Hydro · 9.95 MW · Haute-Normandie
- Étréville · Biomass · 1.1 MW · Haute-Normandie
Location
Coordinates 49.4291, 1.0315 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station?
VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station is a 32 MW waste power plant in Haute-Normandie, France.
Who operates VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station?
VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station is operated by Syndicat Mixte d'Élimination des Déchets Arrondissement de Rouen.
How much CO₂ does VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station emit?
VESTA Waste-to-Energy power station has measured emissions of about 584,466 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).