Spain · 40.702, -2.623Trillo
Trillo, nuclear power plant in Spain, operates one pressurized water reactor with 1,003 MW net installed capacity and has been in service since 1988.
Unit Trillo 1 has been operating for 38 years, since 1988. Its 1,003 MW net are enough to supply about 3,160,000 households.
- Country
- Spain
- Units
- 1
- Technology
- PWR
- Net capacity
- 1,003 MWe
- First grid connection
- 1988
- Operator
- Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo
- Owner
- Iberdrola; Gas Natural; Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico; Nuclenor
- Status
- Operating
See also: alerts for this plant · every plant in Spain · Vendor: Siemens / Kraftwerk Union · every PWR reactor · how a PWR works
Operating capacity
1,003 MWe
net electrical
Units
1
1 operating
First start-up
1988
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trillo 1 | Pressurized water (PWR) | Siemens-KWU 3-loop (PWR 3LP) | Operating | 1,003 | 3,010 | Aug 17, 1979 | May 23, 1988 | — | 80.9 % (2024) |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Wikipedia · updated on Sep 17, 2026
Trillo 1, a 1,003 MWe PWR (Siemens-KWU 3-loop (PWR 3LP)), started construction in 1979, was connected to the grid in 1988 and is still operating, with a 80.9% load factor in 2024.
Operator: Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo.
Owner: Iberdrola; Gas Natural; Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico; Nuclenor.