List of least carbon efficient power stations

This is a list of least carbon efficient power stations in selected countries. Lists were created by the WWF and lists the most polluting power stations in terms of the level of carbon dioxide produced per unit of electricity generated. In 2005 WWF created list of power stations from 30 industrialised countries, also list for EU,[1] in 2007 WWF published updated EU list. In 2009 European Commission list with absolute emissions only, also in 2014 Climate Action Network Europe, WWF, European Environmental Bureau, Health and Environment Alliance and Climate Alliance Germany.

30 industrialised countries list from 2005 report

[2]

CO2 intensity
(kg/kWh)		 Power station Country
1.58 Hazelwood Power Station, Victoria closed 31 March 2017  Australia
1.56 Edwardsport IGCC, Edwardsport, Indiana, closed 2012  United States
1.27 Frimmersdorf power plant, Grevenbroich  Germany
1.25 HR Milner Generating Station, Grande Cache, Alberta  Canada
1.18 C. TG. Portes Gil, Río Bravo  Mexico
1.09 Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów  Poland
1.07 Prunéřov Power Station, Kadaň  Czech Republic
1.02 Niihamanishi, Niihama  Japan
0.99 Cockenzie Power Station, closed 2013  United Kingdom
0.78 Porto Tolle Power Station, Porto Tolle  Italy

Europe list from 2007 report

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CO2 intensity (kg/kWh)Power Station, LocationCountryFuelEmissions (MtCO2)
1.350Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani GreeceLignite12.4
1.250Kardia Power Station, Kardia Kozanis GreeceLignite8.8
1.200Niederaussem Power Station, Niederaussem GermanyLignite27.4
1.200Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde GermanyLignite23.7
1.187Frimmersdorf Power Station, Grevenbroich GermanyLignite19.3
1.180Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler GermanyLignite18.8
1.150Neurath Power Station, Grevenbroich GermanyLignite17.9
1.150Turów Power Station, Bogatynia PolandLignite13.0
1.150As Pontes Power Station, Ferrol SpainLignite9.1
1.100Boxberg Power Station, Boxberg, Saxony GermanyLignite15.5
1.090Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów PolandLignite30.1
1.070Prunéřov Power Station, Prunéřov Czech RepublicLignite8.9
1.050Sines Power Station, Sines PortugalHard Coal8.7
1.000Schwarze Pumpe power station, Spremberg GermanyLignite12.2
0.970Longannet power station, Longannet United KingdomHard Coal10.1
0.950Lippendorf Power Station, Lippendorf GermanyLignite12.4
0.940Cottam power stations, Cottam United KingdomHard Coal10.0
0.930Rybnik Power Station, Rybnik PolandHard Coal8.6
0.915Kozienice Power Station, Kozienice PolandHard Coal10.8
0.900Scholven Power Station, Scholven GermanyHard Coal10.7
0.900West Burton power stations, Gainsborough United KingdomHard Coal8.9
0.900Fiddlers Ferry power station, Fiddlers Ferry United KingdomHard Coal & Oil8.4
0.895Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar United KingdomHard Coal7.8
0.892Kingsnorth power station, Kingsnorth United KingdomHard Coal & Oil8.9
0.890Brindisi Sud power station, Brindisi ItalyCoal14.4
0.850Drax Power Station, Long Drax United KingdomHard Coal22.8
0.840Ferrybridge power stations, Ferrybridge United KingdomHard Coal8.9
0.840GKW Mannheim power station, Mannheim GermanyHard Coal7.7
0.840Eggborough power station, Eggborough United KingdomHard Coal7.6
0.624Didcot A+B power station, Didcot United KingdomHard Coal & Gas9.5

2015 report - companies

In 2015 the Stranded Assets Programme at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment published Stranded Assets and Subcritical Coal report analyzing inter alia carbon intensity of subcritical coal-fired power stations of 100 largest companies having these power stations.[4]

CO2 intensity
(kg/kWh)		 Company Country Number of SCPS
1.447 NLC India Limited  India 2
1.342 Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Limited  India 3
1.279 GDF Suez  India 10
1.277 Kazakhmys  Kazakhstan 4
1.269 West Bengal Power Development Corporation  India 5
1.253 OGK-2  Russia 4
1.243 Maharashtra State Power Generation Company  India 7
1.240 Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand  Thailand 4
1.226 Termoelectrica  Romania 17

EC list from 2009[5]

Power Station, LocationCountryEmissions (MtCO2)
Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów Poland29.5
Niederaussem Power Station, Niederaussem Germany26.3
Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde Germany23.3
Drax Power Station United Kingdom19.9
Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler Germany19.0
Neurath Power Station, Grevenbroich Germany17.9
Frimmersdorf Power Station, Grevenbroich Germany16.8
Brindisi Sud Power Station Italy13.0
Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani Greece12.9
Bohlen Power Station Germany12.8

2014 list

[6]

Power Station, LocationCountry2013 emissions (MtCO2)
Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów Poland37.18
Neurath Power Station, Grevenbroich Germany33.28
Niederaussem Power Station, Niederaussem Germany29.58
Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde Germany25.40
Boxberg Power Station, Boxberg, Saxony Germany21.89
Drax Power Station United Kingdom20.32
Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler Germany18.66
Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani Greece13.11
Brindisi Sud Power Station Italy11.81
Lippendorf Power Station, Lippendorf Germany11.73
Eggborough power station, Eggborough United Kingdom11.50
Schwarze Pumpe power station, Spremberg Germany11.28
Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar United Kingdom11.01
West Burton power stations, Gainsborough United Kingdom10.89
Eesti Power Plant, Narva Estonia10.67
Kozienice Power Station, Kozienice Poland10.23
Scholven Power Station, Scholven Germany10.22
Cottam power stations, Cottam United Kingdom10.17

References

  1. ↑ Dirty Thirty – Europe’s worst climate polluting power stations
  2. ↑ WWF Australia: Hazelwood tops international list of dirty power stations, Dated: 13 Jul 2005
  3. ↑ Dirty Thirty, May 2007
  4. ↑ Stranded Assets and Subcritical Coal: The Risk to Companies and Investors (PDF). ISBN 978-0-9927618-1-3. Retrieved 9 Feb 2017.
  5. ↑ EU's "dirty 30" carbon dioxide emitters in '09
  6. ↑ "Report: Europe's Dirty 30 - How the EU's coal-fired power plants are undermining its climate efforts" (PDF) (Press release). WWF. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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