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Power Plants in Spain

Spain has 829 power plants on the map, adding up to about 79 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is wind. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS829

TOTAL CAPACITY79 GW

MOST COMMON FUELWind

By fuel

How Spain’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Wind342 · 41% · 11 GW

Solar243 · 29% · 5 GW

Hydro124 · 15% · 16 GW

Gas58 · 7% · 26 GW

Oil26 · 3% · 5 GW

Coal15 · 2% · 9 GW

Waste15 · 2% · 388 MW

Nuclear5 · 1% · 7 GW

Biomass1 · 0% · 20 MW

Largest power plants in Spain

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

2,017 MWCN ALMARAZ 1Nuclear1984

1,991 MWASCO GRNuclear1983

1,671 MWBESOS GRUPO 5Gas2010

1,585 MWARCOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1Gas2005

1,249 MWCARTAGENA GRUPO 1Gas2006

1,232 MWCCC SAGUNTO GRUPO 2Gas2007

1,226 MWALDEADAVILA II 2Hydro1986

1,199 MWESCOMBRERAS GRUPO 1Gas2006

1,167 MWPALOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1Gas2004

1,120 MWLITORAL DE ALMERIA GR 2Coal1997

1,064 MWCN COFRENTESNuclear1985

1,056 MWTERUEL GR 3Coal1980

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