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Power plants in Spain

A directory of 872 power plants in Spain with a combined installed capacity of 84,514 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

872power plants
84,514MW total capacity
10fuel types
60with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Spain)

Wind: 342 plants342WindSolar: 243 plants243SolarHydro: 124 plants124HydroGas: 68 plants68GasOil: 27 plants27OilOther: 22 plants22OtherCoal: 17 plants17CoalWaste: 15 plants15Waste

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

Spain electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

154gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
74.6%low-carbon electricity
55.9%renewables
25.4%fossil fuels
Solar: 22 % of electricity22SolarGas: 22 % of electricity22GasWind: 20 % of electricity20WindNuclear: 19 % of electricity19NuclearHydro: 11 % of electricity11HydroOil: 4 % of electricity4OilBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyCoal: 0 % of electricity0Coal

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

Largest plants in Spain

#PlantFuelMW
1CN ALMARAZ 1Nuclear2,017
2ASCO GRNuclear1,990
3BESOS GRUPO 5Gas1,671
4ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1Gas1,585
5CARTAGENA GRUPO 1Gas1,249
6Cartagena (Escombreras) power stationGas1,249
7CCC SAGUNTO GRUPO 2Gas1,232
8ALDEADAVILA II 2Hydro1,226
9ESCOMBRERAS GRUPO 1Gas1,199
10El Fangal power stationGas1,199
11PALOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1Gas1,167
12LITORAL DE ALMERIA GR 2Coal1,120
13CN COFRENTESNuclear1,064
14TERUEL GR 3Coal1,056
15VANDELLOS GR 2Nuclear1,045
16COMPOSTILLA II GR 5Coal1,005
17TRILLONuclear1,003
18JOSE M ORIOL GRUPO 4Hydro953
19CT SANTURCE 2Oil897
20La Muela II Grupo 4Hydro878

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Wind (342)Solar (243)Hydro (124)Gas (68)Oil (27)Other (22)Coal (17)Waste (15)Biomass (9)Nuclear (5)