Western and Central Europe is home to over 17,000 power generation facilities. This map catalogs their location, generating capacity, and other features.
Source: Global Power Dataset 1.3.0, World Resources Institue 2021.
Primary Fuel
Biomass
Coal
Gas
Geothermal
Hydro
Nuclear
Oil
Solar
Tidal
Wind
Plant Capacity
100 MW
2.5k MW
5k MW
The plant's capacity to generate energy over the course of 1 hour (megawatts).
Generated Power
5k
15k
30k
Power generated over the course of a full year (gigawatts).
Capacity Factor
50%
75%
100%
The ratio of generated energy to what would be generated in a year-long max-capacity scenario.