Amorebieta power station

Part of the Global Gas Plant Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor and Center for Media and Democracy project.

Amorebieta power station is a 786-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the province of Basque Country, Spain.

Location

The map below shows the location of the power station in Amorebieta-Etxano, the province of Basque Country, Spain.

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Background

Bizkaia Energia, the company founded to own Amorebieta, was originally owned 50/50 by Osaka Gas and Electricity Supply Board (ESB). In 2014 they sold their shares to Arclight Capital Partners LLC. In 2020 an unnamed subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International acquired ownership of Bizkaia Energia as majority owner, along with White Castle Capital.

The White Castle and Castleton Commodities partnership, along with Nortegas and SENER, intend to build a 20 MW green hydrogen facility at the site and to eventually run the gas units on a dual-fuel mix of natural gas and hydrogen.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Bizkaia Energia S.L.U.
• Parent company: Castleton Commodities International LLC, White Summit Capital
• Location: Amorebieta-Etxano, the province of Basque Country, Spain
• Coordinates: 43.2347, -2.7497 (exact)
• Gross generating capacity (operating): 786 MW
  • Gas-fired combined cycle, 786 MW (start-up in 2005)