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Power Plants in Portugal

Portugal has 469 power plants on the map, adding up to about 15 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 PLANTS469

TOTAL CAPACITY15 GW

MOST COMMON FUELWind

By fuel

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

Wind224 · 48% · 5 GW

Hydro122 · 26% · 3 GW

Solar72 · 15% · 618 MW

Waste24 · 5% · 133 MW

Biomass19 · 4% · 454 MW

Gas4 · 1% · 4 GW

Coal2 · 0% · 2 GW

Geothermal2 · 0% · 29 MW

Largest power plants in Portugal

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

1,296 MWSines power stationCoal1986

1,176 MWRibatejoGas2005

990 MWTapada do OuteiroGas

837 MWPego C.C.Gas

826 MWLaresGas2009

780 MWFrades IIHydro

682 MWPego power stationCoal1994

630 MWAlto LindosoHydro

253 MWAlto DouroWind2010

240 MWAlto Minho IWind2008

219 MWSolara4Solar

166 MWAlto da CoutadaWind2010

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