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Power Plants in Italy

Italy has 396 power plants on the map, adding up to about 73 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is solar. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS396
TOTAL CAPACITY73 GW
MOST COMMON FUELSolar

By fuel

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

Solar223 · 56% · 2 GW
Hydro58 · 15% · 13 GW
Gas57 · 14% · 39 GW
Geothermal33 · 8% · 857 MW
Oil11 · 3% · 9 GW
Coal9 · 2% · 9 GW
Other4 · 1% · 385 MW
Wind1 · 0% · 105 MW

Largest power plants in Italy

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

3,446 MWMONTALTO (Alessandro Volta)Gas
2,640 MWBrindisi Sud power stationCoal1992
2,640 MWPORTO TOLLEOil
1,980 MWTorrevaldaliga Nord power stationCoal2009
1,569 MWTURBIGOOil
1,520 MWTAVAZZANOGas2005
1,488 MWTORREVALDALIGA SouthGas
1,466 MWLA CASELLA C.LEGas
1,457 MWOSTIGLIAGas2013
1,353 MWVADO LigureGas2007
1,300 MWLa Spezia power stationCoal1967
1,280 MWPIOMBINO TERMICAOil

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