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Dirtiest power plants in Spain by CO₂

The highest-emitting power plants in Spain ranked by measured annual CO₂. Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryt CO₂/yr
1Cartagena (Escombreras) power stationGasSpain833,390
2ABONO 2CoalSpain806,160
3Bahía de Bizkaia power stationOtherSpain800,830
4CTCC SOTO DE RIBERA GRUPO 5GasSpain794,010
5SOTO RIBERA 3CoalSpain794,010
6CTCC PLANA DEL VENT 2GasSpain771,680
7CCC SAGUNTO GRUPO 2GasSpain662,600
8ALCUDIA 1 GRUPO N 1CoalSpain646,810
9PALOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1GasSpain380,331
10ARRUBAL GRUPO 1GasSpain353,050
11PUERTO DE BARCELONA GRUPO 2GasSpain335,419
12CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR GRUPO 20GasSpain284,035
13CTCC SABON GRUPO 3GasSpain268,361
14Escatron Peaker A.I.E. power stationOtherSpain239,800
15El Fangal power stationGasSpain222,750
16Son Reus incineration power stationOtherSpain216,650
17MALA1 (CTCC MALAGA)GasSpain173,174
18San Roque Refinery power stationGasSpain138,290
19Refineria La Rabida power stationOtherSpain105,674
20COGENERACION MOTRILGasSpain86,492
21SAICA Mill Zaragoza power stationGasSpain76,873
22Cartagena Refinery power stationOtherSpain74,168
23CICLO COMBINADO DE CASTELNOUGasSpain68,995
24TORTOSA ENERGIAGasSpain55,310
25ARONA 1 GAS 1OilSpain43,060
26Arona power stationOilSpain43,060
27NEUMATICOS MICHELIN-VITORIAGasSpain43,040
28Barcelona Cartonboard power stationOtherSpain40,413
29Motril Mill power stationOtherSpain38,783
30Genfibre cogeneration power stationOtherSpain38,273
31Peninsular de Cogeneracion Mill power stationGasSpain37,285
32Tortosa Energia power stationOtherSpain36,071
33MICHELIN VALLADOLID $$GasSpain34,839
34Ence Huelva power stationOtherSpain28,307
35Zabalgarbi power stationOtherSpain26,927
36Cotesa power stationGasSpain26,236
37Pobla De Claramunt power stationOtherSpain26,072
38BOINERSAOilSpain23,058
39Rossello Mill power stationGasSpain22,232
40FINSA-SANTIAGOGasSpain21,529
41Álabe Villarrubia power stationOtherSpain21,106
42Sogama power stationOtherSpain20,993
43MICHELIN ARANDAGasSpain20,894
44Cella Factory power stationOtherSpain20,048
45Smurfit Mengíbar power stationOtherSpain19,946
46Losan Talosa power stationOtherSpain19,402
47GEMASA power stationGasSpain19,332
48Figuruelas power stationOtherSpain18,408
49Losan Pina power stationOtherSpain18,193
50Enercrisa power stationOtherSpain18,023
51Bioetanol Galicia power stationGasSpain17,261
52Navia (Prat) power stationOtherSpain16,570
53ADS JUNEDA 2WasteSpain15,787
54Ecocarburantes Españoles power stationGasSpain15,190
55AGREDAWindSpain14,305
56AGREDAWasteSpain14,305
57CastelnouSolarSpain13,600
58COTASAGasSpain9,072
59ENCE - PONTEVEDRA $$GasSpain5,081
60MAJADASSolarSpain2,321

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from EPA/EU ETS/Climate TRACE; measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.