Power plant · Extremadura, Spain

VLB Power Plant

VLB Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Extremadura, Spain, with 13.8 MW of capacity.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Extremadura	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity	13.8 MW (sum of operating units, VLB1 6.9 MW; VLB2 6.9 MW)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Units	2 units	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Technology	Reservoir hydro (registered as Hydro Water Reservoir)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	38.5750, -6.5130	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

VLB is the 22nd-largest of 22 power plants in Extremadura and the 220th-largest of 226 in Spain by capacity; its 13.8 MW is <0.1% 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
Extremadura	22nd of 22	5,912 MW	0.23%
Spain	220th of 226	80,401 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	7,153rd of 12,230	1,691,896 MW	<0.1%

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