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Power plants in Portugal

A directory of 469 power plants in Portugal with a combined installed capacity of 14,745 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

469power plants
14,745MW total capacity
8fuel types
1with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Portugal)

Wind: 224 plants224WindHydro: 122 plants122HydroSolar: 72 plants72SolarWaste: 24 plants24WasteBiomass: 19 plants19BiomassGas: 4 plants4GasCoal: 2 plants2CoalGeothermal: 2 plants2Geothermal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Portugal electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

128gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
81.0%low-carbon electricity
81.0%renewables
19.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 30 % of electricity30HydroWind: 27 % of electricity27WindSolar: 17 % of electricity17SolarGas: 16 % of electricity16GasBioenergy: 7 % of electricity7BioenergyOil: 3 % of electricity3OilOther Renewables: 0 % of electricity0Other Rene…

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Portugal

#PlantFuelMW
1Sines power stationCoal1,296
2RibatejoGas1,176
3Tapada do OuteiroGas990
4Pego C.C.Gas837
5LaresGas826
6Frades IIHydro780
7Pego power stationCoal682
8Alto LindosoHydro630
9Alto DouroWind253
10Alto Minho IWind240
11Solara4Solar219
12Alto da CoutadaWind166
13Pinhal InteriorWind144
14RaiaWind129
15PenamacorWind124
16Arada-MontemuroWind121
17GardunhaWind114
18Pampilhosa da SerraWind114
19Serra dos CandeeirosWind111
20Terras Altas de FafeWind106

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Wind (224)Hydro (122)Solar (72)Waste (24)Biomass (19)Gas (4)