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The wet megawatt counter

The floor is observed. The water-cooled share of classic thermal capacity remains your assumption.

Capacity vintage 2023, ENTSO-E member-state perimeter published by Red Eléctrica. No scenario predicts an outage.

PERIMETER COUNTER

Classify the missing column

Nuclear and hydropower provide an observable floor. The slider classifies an assumed share of classic thermal capacity as water-cooled.

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Share of classic thermal capacity cooled by water

Scenario markers

Observed data · 2023

Hydro
199.9 GW
Nuclear
94.4 GW
Classic thermal
319.6 GW
Total
1,040.2 GW

Water-coupled capacity

454.1 GW
Hydro + nuclear floorThermal classifiedRest of fleet
Thermal capacity added to the floor
159.8 GW
Thermal capacity still unclassified
159.8 GW
Added per percentage point
3.2 GW

The slider is not an estimate of the fleet actually cooled by water. The result measures neither freshwater exposure nor simultaneous outage probability.

Formula and units

Water-coupled capacity = 199.9 GW hydro + 94.4 GW nuclear + 319.6 GW thermal × selected share. The total share uses 1,040.2 GW as denominator.

Reading limits

2023 vintage and the ENTSO-E member-state perimeter in Red Eléctrica’s panorama. Classic thermal covers several fuels and cooling systems. No scenario is a unit-level inventory.

Sources
  1. Red Eléctrica, European installed-capacity panorama for 2023Observed ENTSO-E member-state capacities used in every calculation
  2. European Environment Agency, Water savings for a water-resilient EuropeContext on electricity cooling, water abstraction and data limitations
  3. JRC Open Power Plants DatabaseEvidence that cooling and water fields can exist at unit level, with incomplete and irregularly updated coverage

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