Power plant · Galicia, Spain

Belesar Power Plant

Belesar Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Galicia, Spain, with 310 MW of capacity, operated 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	BELESAR	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Location	Galicia	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
Start year	1957	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Naturgy	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	310 MW (sum of operating units, BELESAR 1 102.5 MW; BELESAR 2 104.8 MW; BELESAR 3 102.9 MW)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity	331 MW	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	3 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
Technology	Hydro	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	42.6260, -7.7130	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

2 sources record Belesar; 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
BELESAR	asset:eic:18WBEL1-12345-AY	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN)	—
Belesar hydro power plant	asset:wikidata:Q56371851	Wikidata	Same name, coordinates and capacity

How it compares

Belesar is the 6th-largest of 20 power plants in Galicia and the 86th-largest of 226 in Spain by capacity; its 310 MW is 0.39% 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
Galicia	6th of 20	5,677 MW	5.5%
Spain	86th of 226	80,401 MW	0.39%
All power plants in our data	1,420th of 12,230	1,691,896 MW	<0.1%

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Other power plants in Galicia

All 21 power plants in Galicia, Spain

Data on this page

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
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