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Alpiq Csepel Erőmű

Gas power plant in Budapest, Hungary. Approximate location 47.428, 19.0525.

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Alpiq Csepel Erőmű is a 401 MW gas power station in Budapest, Hungary. Based on reported annual generation of 525 GWh, it can supply roughly 150,114 homes. It ranks #6 of 18 Hungary power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 20.3% of Hungary's electricity; the national grid averages 163 gCO₂/kWh (75.3% low-carbon) (2025).

401MW installed capacity
525GWh reported / yr
150,114homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1020251.

~210,160 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

48,988passenger cars driven for a year
27,407homes' yearly energy use
3,502,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2015: 486 GWh20152016: 521 GWh20162017: 525 GWh2017525 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 47.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.1°Cannual mean temp
2,760heating degree-days (base 18°C)
262cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
111 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 11 °CON: 5 °CND: 1 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 12% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 56/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest gas power plant of 8 in Hungary by capacity.

Hungary has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 2,955 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 47.428, 19.0525 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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