Vila Ibiza power station is a 304.6 MW gas power station in Balearic Islands, Spain. It is operated by Endesa SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 343k homes (estimated). It ranks #81 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 193,099 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 45k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 21.6% 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 GOGPT_vilaibiza_spain.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407780; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 304.6 MW, Vila Ibiza power station is well above the median gas plant in Spain (54 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
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).
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Endesa SA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #35 largest gas power plant of 95 in Spain by capacity.
Spain has 95 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 32,018 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 38.91214, 1.426668 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Vila Ibiza power station is a 304.6 MW gas power plant in Balearic Islands, Spain, commissioned in 1998.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 343,066 homes (estimated).
Vila Ibiza power station is operated by Endesa SA [100%].
Vila Ibiza power station has measured emissions of about 193,099 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).
