Aboño power station
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Aboño power station is an operating power station of at least 494-megawatts (MW) in Aboño, Gijón, Asturias, Spain with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Aboño power station | Aboño, Gijón, Asturias, Asturias, Spain | 43.553557, -5.721851 (exact)[1] |
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- CC1, Unit 1, Unit 2: 43.553557, -5.721851
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC1, timepoint 1 | Operating[2][3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas, industrial by-product: blast furnace gas[2][6] | 494[7] | combined cycle[7] | 2025[2][3][8] | – |
| CC1, timepoint 2 | Announced[9][5] | fossil gas: natural gas, other: hydrogen (green), industrial by-product: blast furnace gas[2][6][10] | 494[7] | combined cycle[7] | – | – |
| Unit 1 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 360 | subcritical | 1974 | 2025[11] |
| Unit 2 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 556.2 | subcritical | 1985 | 2025[11][7] |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| CC1, timepoint 1 | Corporación Masaveu SA [50%]; EDP España SA [50%][2][2] | Corporación Masaveu SA [50.0%]; EDP SA [50.0%] |
| CC1, timepoint 2 | Corporación Masaveu SA [50%]; EDP España SA [50%][2][2] | Corporación Masaveu SA [50.0%]; EDP SA [50.0%] |
| Unit 1 | EDP España SA [100%][2] | EDP SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | EDP España SA [100%][2] | EDP SA [100.0%] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
CC1: Announced conversion from fossil gas to fossil gas in .
Table 4: Unit-level hydrogen conversion proposal details
| Unit name | H2 ready turbine (%)? | MOU for H2 supply? | Contract for H2 supply? | Financing for supply of H2? | Co-located with electrolyzer/H2 production facility? | What % of H2 blending currently? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC1, timepoint 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CC1, timepoint 2[10][9][12] | – | N | N | N | Y | – |
| Unit 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unit 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Background
Aboño power station is a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 916 MW. The plant was completed between 1974 and 1985, and is owned by Energias de Portugal. The Aboño Thermal Power Station uses several fuels, including domestic and imported coal, fuel oil, diesel, and the excess gases produced by the Arcelor-Mittal de Gijón steel mill.[13]
In December 2025, Aboño Unit 1 (360 MW) was reportedly retired and was not expected to resume operations. Unit 2 (556 MW) had been converted to natural gas in July 2025 and was reported to be operating primarily on a mix of natural gas and steelworks gases from ArcelorMittal.[14]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/190113600.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "EDP y Corporación Masaveu acuerdan la conversión a gas de la central térmica de Aboño". La Voz de Asturias. 2023-10-27. Archived from the original on 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.lne.es/asturias/2025/05/16/obra-marca-futuro-asturias-trasplanta-117446989.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.lne.es/asturias/2025/07/30/central-termica-abono-genera-electricidad-120181230.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://inspenet.com/en/noticias/expansion-of-operations-at-the-abono-thermal-power-plant-while-its-energy-transition-progresses/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.powerengineeringint.com/coal-fired/upgrades-coal-fired/rjm-wins-coal-to-gas-upgrade-for-spanish-power-plant/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240425002725/https://www.durofelguera.com/en/edp-and-corporacion-masaveu-award-duro-felguera-the-abono-gas-conversion-project/. Archived from the original on 2024-04-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://rjm-international.com/news/projects/rjm-wins-power-plant-decarbonisation-nox-reduction-and-efficiency-upgrade-project-in-spain/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://inspenet.com/en/noticias/thermal-power-plant-hydrogen-plant-fertilizer-plant/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://espana.edp.com/en/news/edp-submits-abonos-green-hydrogen-project-european-commission.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.lne.es/ribera-de-arriba/2025/12/22/unica-planta-carbon-continuara-abierta-125030055.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://espana.edp.com/en/asturias-h2-valley.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Aboño Thermal Power Station," EDP, accessed April 2016
- ↑ Luis Gancedo (22 December 2025). "La única planta de carbón que continuará abierta en la España peninsular está en Asturias y este es el motivo por el que se ha pospuesto su cierre". lne.es. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
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Additional data
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