Power plant · Asturias, Spain
SOTO5
SOTO5 is a gas power plant in Asturias, Spain, with 428 MW of capacity.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Asturias | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2011 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 428 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (registered as Fossil Gas) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 18WSRI5-123456-L | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 43.3120, -5.8730 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
SOTO5 is the 4th-largest of 7 power plants in Asturias and the 61st-largest of 226 in Spain by capacity; its 428 MW is 0.53% of the 80,401 MW we hold for Spain. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asturias | 4th of 7 | 3,594 MW | 12% |
| Spain | 61st of 226 | 80,401 MW | 0.53% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,232nd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 CO2 emitters (4,693,065 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Térmica Soto 3 | CO2 emitter | 383,727 tCO2e | — | 0.4 km |
| Central Térmica de Ciclo Combinado Soto de Ribera | CO2 emitter | 756,805 tCO2e | — | 0.6 km |
| Fábrica de Cal de Tudela Veguín-Fábrica de Cales | CO2 emitter | 465,826 tCO2e | — | 8.3 km |
Place
Other power plants in Asturias
- Soto de Ribera Power Plant1,200 MW
- Aboño878 MW
- Sotoribe772 MW
- Narcea502 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
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.