List of fossil fuel power plants in the European Union with the highest carbon dioxide emissions
The list contains the 30 fossil fuel -powered thermal power plants in the European Union (EU) and has emerged from the EU in 2020 the UK with the highest emissions of carbon dioxide . For most power plants on this list is coal power plants (both brown and black coal as fuel). The list also includes a power plant that uses oil shale as fuel.
The data come from a study published in 2014, which lists the 30 most emitting power plants in the European Union. The basis of the survey is the data from European emissions trading .
rank | power plant | country | owner | Power in megawatts | fuel | CO 2 emissions 2013 in million t / a | CO 2 emissions in 2013 per MW in t / a |
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1 | Belchatow |
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PGE | 5102 | Brown coal | 37.18 | 7017 |
2 | Neurath |
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RWE | 4211 | Brown coal | 33.28 | 7984 |
3 | Niederaussem |
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RWE | 3396 | Brown coal | 29.58 | 8038 |
4th | Jänschwalde |
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LEAG | 2790 | Brown coal | 25.40 | 9103 |
5 | Boxberg |
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LEAG | 2427 | Brown coal | 21.89 | 9019 |
6th | Drax |
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Drax Power | 3300 | Hard coal | 20.32 | 6157 |
7th | Weisweiler |
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RWE | 1798 | Brown coal | 18.66 | 10378 |
8th | Agios Dimitrios |
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DEI | 1589 | Brown coal | 13.11 | 8250 |
9 | Brindisi Sud |
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Enel | 2640 | Hard coal | 11.81 | 4473 |
10 | Lippendorf |
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LEAG / EnBW | 1750 | Brown coal | 11.73 | 6702 |
11 | Eggborough |
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Eggborough Power | 2000 | Hard coal | 11.50 | 5750 |
12 | Black pump |
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LEAG | 1500 | Brown coal | 11.28 | 7520 |
13 | Ratcliffe-on-Soar |
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Uniper power plants | 2000 | Hard coal | 11.01 | 5505 |
14th | West Burton |
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EDF | 2000 | Hard coal | 10.89 | 5445 |
15th | Eesti Elektrijaam |
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Eesti Energia | 1610 | Oil shale | 10.67 | 6627 |
16 | Kozienice |
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Enea | 2840 | Hard coal | 10.23 | 3602 |
17th | Scholven |
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Uniper power plants | 2056 | Hard coal | 10.22 | 4970 |
18th | Cottam |
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EDF | 2000 | Hard coal | 10.17 | 5085 |
19th | Turów |
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PGE | 1505 | Brown coal | 9.99 | 6637 |
20th | Torrevaldaliga |
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Enel | 1980 | Hard coal | 9.73 | 4914 |
21st |
Longannet (shut down March 2016) |
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Iberdrola | 2400 | Hard coal | 9.51 | 3962 |
22nd | Cardia |
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DEI | 1200 | Brown coal | 8.91 | 7425 |
23 | Aberthaw |
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RWE | 1555 | Hard coal | 8.50 | 5466 |
24 | Fiddler's Ferry |
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SSE | 2000 | Hard coal | 8.45 | 4225 |
25th | Rybnik |
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EDF | 1720 | Hard coal | 8.39 | 4877 |
26th | Ferrybridge "C" |
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SSE | 980 | Hard coal | 8.31 | 8479 |
27 | Sines |
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EDP | 1250 | Hard coal | 7.18 | 5744 |
28 | Aboño |
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EDP | 922 | Hard coal | 6.86 | 7440 |
29 | Mannheim |
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GKM | 1520 | Hard coal | 6.75 | 4440 |
30th | Maasvlakte |
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Uniper power plants | 1080 | Hard coal | 6.68 | 6185 |
See also
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- ↑ CAN Europe , WWF , HEAL, Klima-Allianz Deutschland , European Environmental Bureau: Europe's dirty thirty - How the EU's coal-fired power plants are undermining its climate effort (PDF file; 3.11 MB)
- ↑ Terry Macalister Longannet power station closes ending coal power use in Scotland in: The Guardian , March 24, 2016, accessed March 24, 2016