Power plant · Region of Murcia, Spain

ESC Cart Power Plant

ESC Cart Power Plant is a gas power plant in Region of Murcia, Spain, with 1,249 MW of capacity.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Region of Murcia	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (commissioned)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2006	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Available on request	Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) · Restricted · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	1,249 MW (sum of operating units, CARTAGENA1 418.2 MW; CARTAGENA2 417.8 MW; CARTAGENA3 412.7 MW)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	3 units	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural gas (registered as Fossil Gas)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
EIC code	18WCTGN3-1234-0V	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
EIC code	18WCTGN2-1234-03	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
EIC code	18WCTGN1-1234-0C	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	37.6060, -0.9850	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

2 sources record ESC Cart; 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
ESC Cart	asset:eic:18WCTGN1-1234-0C	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN)	—
Cartagena	asset:opsd:18WCTGN1-1234-0C	Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe)	Same ENTSO-E EIC code

How it compares

ESC Cart is the 2nd-largest of 8 power plants in Region of Murcia and the 11th-largest of 245 in Spain by capacity; its 1,249 MW is 1.4% of the 88,007 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
Region of Murcia	2nd of 8	7,021 MW	18%
Spain	11th of 245	88,007 MW	1.4%
All power plants in our data	324th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Place

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Data on this page

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