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Trillo nuclear power plant

Trillo nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Spain with 1 operating unit totalling 1,066 MW gross. The site has 2 units on record in total.

Operating4Retired1circle area ∝ site capacity Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.
Units on record
2
Operating
1
Operating capacity
1,066MW
Country

Units

UnitStatusTypeModelGross MWOnline
Unit 1 Operating PWR PWR 3 Loop 1,066 1988
Unit 2 Cancelled PWR - 1,000 -

Trillo nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Trillo nuclear power plant is the 5th largest of 5 operating nuclear sites in Spain, holding 14% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 144th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating unit started up in 1988; the unit is 38.0 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in Spain.

The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 8.8 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Cofrentes nuclear power plant (213 km), Ascó nuclear power plant (274 km) and Almaraz nuclear power plant (279 km).

The current net rating of Unit 1 differs from its design net capacity by +1.3% (990 MW at design, 1,003 MW now).

Build time by unit

UnitConstruction startGrid connectionYearsFleet median, same decade
Unit 1197919888.87.3 (1980s)

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

SiteCountryDistanceOperating GW gross
Cofrentes nuclear power plantSpain213 km1.1
Ascó nuclear power plantSpain274 km2.1
Almaraz nuclear power plantSpain279 km2.1

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.

Site detail
LocationCastilla-La Mancha, Spain
Coordinates40.7016, -2.6227
Elevationabout 850 mabove sea level
SettingAbout 230 km from the sea
RegionSouthern Europe
Units by status
Operating: 1
Cancelled: 1

Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.

Owners & operators
Owners
Iberdrola
Gas Natural
Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico
Nuclenor
Operators
Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo

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