WRI VERSION 1.3 · HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT

Portugal’s recorded power-plant capacity

469 plant records add up to 14.7 GW of published nameplate capacity. This is infrastructure context—not current generation, emissions or operating status.

RECORDED CAPACITY

What the source says

The four largest recorded fuel groupings in the Portugal projection are shown below.

R2 checked 27 Aug 2026
14.7 GW

Total nameplate capacity across 469 plant records

WindGasHydroCoal
Wind 4.94 GWGas 3.83 GWHydro 2.76 GWCoal 1.98 GW
CapacityNot electricity generated
Mixed yearsNot one current-date observation
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No status claimPlants may have changed since the source year

READING THE DATA

Three boundaries matter.

01Nameplate, not outputCapacity is the published maximum rating, not electricity generated.
02Historical, not livePlant records carry different capacity-data years.
03No emissions inferenceFuel and capacity do not establish utilisation or emissions.
Source WRI Global Power Plant DatabaseVersion 1.3Licence CC BY 4.0Open source →Report a correction →