List of most polluting 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 station

Power station

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s in terms of the level of carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide

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produced per unit of electricity generated. In 2005 WWF created list of power stations from 30 industrialised countries, also list for EU, in 2007 WWF published updated EU list. In 2009 European Commission

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list with absolute emissions only.

30 industrialised countries list from 2005 report

Europe list from 2007 report

EC list from 2009

CO₂ intensity (Mt/TWh)	Power station	Country
1.58	Hazelwood Power Station Hazelwood Power Station, Victoria Hazelwood Power Station, in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia is a brown coal fueled base-load power station built between 1964 and 1971. The power station is of 1,600 megawatt capacity, and supplies up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total energy... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
1.56	Edwardsport IGCC Edwardsport IGCC Edwardsport Power Station is a 120-MW coal-fired electrical power plant in Vigo Township, Knox County, near the town of Edwardsport, Indiana. The plant is located at... , Edwardsport, Indiana Edwardsport, Indiana Edwardsport is a town in Vigo Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States. The population was 363 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1839 and was named after Edward Wilkins, a founding father...
1.27	Frimmersdorf power plant Frimmersdorf Power Station Frimmersdorf Power Station, located in Grevenbroich, is one of the largest lignite-fired power stations in Germany. It has fourteen units with a total output capacity of 2,413 megawatts , of which 277 MW are used by the station itself... , Grevenbroich Grevenbroich Grevenbroich is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.-City districts:...
1.25	HR Milner Generating Station H. R. Milner Generating Station H. R. Milner Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Milner Power Inc., located near Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada. Fuel is provided by the nearby coal mine. The plant was first build by Canadian Utilities; then owned by ATCO Power from 2000-2004. The plant is named after H. R. Milner... , Grande Cache, Alberta Grande Cache, Alberta Grande Cache is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada, located northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. It is located in the Municipal District of Greenview, between Highway 40 and the Smoky River, at the northern border of Alberta's Rockies...
1.18	C. TG. Portes Gil, Río Bravo Río Bravo, Tamaulipas Río Bravo formally Ciudad Río Bravo is a city in northern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is the municipal seat of Río Bravo Municipality. The city lies east of Reynosa and just south of the Río Bravo del Norte and was also named after it. Directly across the U.S.-Mexico border lies...
1.09	Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów
1.07	Prunéřov Power Station Prunérov Power Station The Prunéřov Power Station is the largest coal-fired power station in the Czech Republic with installed capacity of 1,490 MW. It is located near Kadaň.... , Kadaň Kadan Kadaň , is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The city lies on the banks of the river Ohře. Although it is situated in an industrial part of the Czech Republic there is no major industry within the city and people usually work in offices or have to commute. There are two...
1.02	Niihamanishi
0.99	Cockenzie Power Station Cockenzie power station Cockenzie power station is a coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland, capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, near the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, east of the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The station has dominated the local... , Cockenzie and Port Seton Cockenzie and Port Seton Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland...
0.78	Porto Tolle Power Station (it), Porto Tolle Porto Tolle Porto Tolle is a town in the province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.The municipality of Porto Tolle contains the frazioni :Boccasette, Ca' Mello, Ca' Tiepolo , Ca' Venier, Ca' Zuliani, Donzella, Pila, Polesine Camerini, Santa Giulia, Scardovari and Tolle....

CO₂ intensity (Mt/TWh)	Power Station, Location	Country	Fuel	emissions (mtCO2)
1.350	Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani		Lignite Lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...	12.4
1.250	Kardia Power Station, Kardia Kozanis	Greece	Lignite	8.8
1.200	Niederaussem Power Station Niederaussem Power Station Niederaussem Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in the Bergheim Niederaussem/Rhein Erft circle, owned by RWE. It consists of nine units, which were built between 1963 and 2003. It has a total output capacity of 3,864 MW and a net capacity of 3,627 MW... , Niederaussem Niederaussem Niederaußem is a city part of Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, located 18 km west of Cologne. Niederaußem has 6000 inhabitants.Niederaußem is supraregional well-known by the power station Niederaußem.- History :...		Lignite	27.4
1.200	Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde Jänschwalde Jänschwalde is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg in East Germany. It is situated in the region of Niederlausitz...	Germany	Lignite	23.7
1.187	Frimmersdorf Power Station Frimmersdorf Power Station Frimmersdorf Power Station, located in Grevenbroich, is one of the largest lignite-fired power stations in Germany. It has fourteen units with a total output capacity of 2,413 megawatts , of which 277 MW are used by the station itself... , Grevenbroich Grevenbroich Grevenbroich is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.-City districts:...	Germany	Lignite	19.3
1.180	Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler Eschweiler Eschweiler is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier, and about 15 km east of Aachen and 50 km west of Cologne.- History :...	Germany	Lignite	18.8
1.150	Neurath Power Station Neurath Power Station Neurath Power Station is a lignite-fired power station at Neurath in Grevenbroich, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the south from Grevenbroich center and it borders municipalities of Rommerskirchen and Bedburg. The power station consists of five units and it is owned by RWE. In... , Grevenbroich Grevenbroich Grevenbroich is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.-City districts:...	Germany	Lignite	17.9
1.150	Turów Power Station, Bogatynia Bogatynia Bogatynia is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the tripoint of the Czech, German and Polish borders. The town lies approximately south of Zgorzelec, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. As of 2006 it had 19,068 inhabitants.The...		Lignite	13.0
1.150	As Pontes Power Station, Ferrol		Lignite	9.1
1.100	Boxberg Power Station Boxberg Power Station Boxberg Power Station is a lignite-fired power station with three units at Boxberg , Saxony. Since the late nineties it produces 1900 MW... , Boxberg, Saxony Boxberg, Saxony Boxberg is a municipality in the Görlitz district in Saxony, Germany....	Germany	Lignite	15.5
1.090	Belchatow	Poland	Lignite	30.1
1.070	Prunerov	Czech Republic	Lignite	8.9
1.050	Sines	Portugal	Hard Coal	8.7
1.000	Schwarze Pumpe	Germany	Lignite	12.2
0.970	Longannet	UK	Hard Coal	10.1
0.950	Lippendorf	Germany	Lignite	12.4
0.940	Cottam	UK	Hard Coal	10.0
0.930	Rybnik	Poland	Hard Coal	8.6
0.915	Kozienice	Poland	Hard Coal	10.8
0.900	Scholven	Germany	Hard Coal	10.7
0.900	West Burton	UK	Hard Coal	8.9
0.900	Fiddlers Ferry	UK	Hard Coal & Oil Oil An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....	8.4
0.895	Ratcliffe	UK	Hard Coal	7.8
0.892	Kingsnorth	UK	Hard Coal & Oil	8.9
0.890	Brindisi Sud	Italy	Coal	14.4
0.850	Drax Power Station	UK	Hard Coal	22.8
0.840	Ferrybridge	UK	Hard Coal	8.9
0.840	GKW Mannheim	Germany	Hard Coal	7.7
0.840	Eggborough	UK	Hard Coal	7.6
0.624	Didcot A+B	UK	Hard Coal & Gas Gas Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...	9.5

Power Station, Location	Country	emissions (mtCO₂)
Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów		29.5
Niederaussem Power Station Niederaussem Power Station Niederaussem Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in the Bergheim Niederaussem/Rhein Erft circle, owned by RWE. It consists of nine units, which were built between 1963 and 2003. It has a total output capacity of 3,864 MW and a net capacity of 3,627 MW... , Niederaussem Niederaussem Niederaußem is a city part of Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, located 18 km west of Cologne. Niederaußem has 6000 inhabitants.Niederaußem is supraregional well-known by the power station Niederaußem.- History :...		26.3
Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde Jänschwalde Jänschwalde is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg in East Germany. It is situated in the region of Niederlausitz...	Germany	23.3
Drax Power Station		19.9
Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler Eschweiler Eschweiler is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier, and about 15 km east of Aachen and 50 km west of Cologne.- History :...	Germany	19.0
Neurath Power Station Neurath Power Station Neurath Power Station is a lignite-fired power station at Neurath in Grevenbroich, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the south from Grevenbroich center and it borders municipalities of Rommerskirchen and Bedburg. The power station consists of five units and it is owned by RWE. In... , Grevenbroich Grevenbroich Grevenbroich is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.-City districts:...	Germany	17.9
Frimmersdorf Power Station Frimmersdorf Power Station Frimmersdorf Power Station, located in Grevenbroich, is one of the largest lignite-fired power stations in Germany. It has fourteen units with a total output capacity of 2,413 megawatts , of which 277 MW are used by the station itself... , Grevenbroich Grevenbroich Grevenbroich is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.-City districts:...	Germany	16.8
Brindisi Sud Power Station		13.0
Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani		12.9
Bohlen Power Station	Germany	12.8

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