Power plant · Asturias, Spain
Narcea Power Plant
Narcea Power Plant is a closed coal power plant in Asturias, Spain, with 502 MW of capacity, owned by Naturgy.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | NARCEA | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Asturias | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1969 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1965 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2020 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Naturgy | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Naturgy | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 502 MW (sum of operating units, NARCEA 2 154.3 MW; NARCEA 3 347.4 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 586 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal (registered as Fossil Hard coal) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 18WNRC3-12345-06 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 18WNRC2-12345-0G | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 43.3370, -6.4150 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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3 sources record Narcea; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARCEA | asset:eic:18WNRC2-12345-0G | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Narcea Power Plant | asset:wikidata:Q5760925 | Wikidata | Same name and capacity |
| NARCEA | asset:opsd:18WNRC2-12345-0G | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Narcea has closed: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 502 MW is not counted in their totals.
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Started operating
- Planned retirement
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 CO2 emitters (1,140,532 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Térmica Soto 3 | CO2 emitter | 383,727 tCO2e | — | 44 km |
| Central Térmica de Ciclo Combinado Soto de Ribera | CO2 emitter | 756,805 tCO2e | — | 44 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Naturgy
- Cartagena Power Plant1,249 MW
- Sagunto Power Station1,233 MW
- Palos de la Frontera power plant1,167 MW
- Barcelona power station866 MW
- Besós power station812 MW
- La Robla Power Plant655 MW
- Meirama Power Plant557 MW
- Campanillas power plant416 MW
Other power plants in Asturias
- Soto de Ribera Power Plant1,200 MW
- Aboño878 MW
- Sotoribe772 MW
- SOTO5428 MW
- Lada Power Plant348 MW
- Salto y central hidroeléctrica de Grandas de Salime128 MW
- Tanes Pumped Storage Power Plant123 MW
- Central hidroeléctrica de Miranda64.8 MW
Data on this page
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe). Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe), Restricted.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.