Power plant · Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Caorso Nuclear Power Plant
Caorso Nuclear Power Plant is a closed nuclear power plant in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with 860 MW of capacity, operated by SOGIN.
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 | Emilia-Romagna | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1981 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 1990 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SOGIN | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 860 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 45.0722, 9.8722 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Caorso Nuclear Power Plant is the 3rd-largest of 33 power plants in Emilia-Romagna and the 33rd-largest of 938 in Italy by capacity; its 860 MW is 0.75% of the 114,417 MW we hold for Italy. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilia-Romagna | 3rd of 33 | 6,704 MW | 13% |
| Italy | 33rd of 938 | 114,417 MW | 0.75% |
| All power plants in our data | 617th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Retired
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 CO2 emitters (3,231,710 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acciaieria Arvedi S.p.A. | CO2 emitter | 468,090 tCO2e | — | 11 km |
| Cementeria di Piacenza | CO2 emitter | 347,369 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
| Centrale Termoelettrica di Piacenza Levante | CO2 emitter | 235,189 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
Operator and place
More from SOGIN
Other power plants in Emilia-Romagna
- La Casella C.Le1,407 MW
- Enipower Ravenna1,009 MW
- Piacenza806 MW
- Porto Corsini742 MW
- S.E.F. Srl700 MW
- Bargi Centrale281 MW
- Sarmato180 MW
- Provvidenza139 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.