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Bereza SDPP Thermal Power Plant Belarus

Gas power plant in Brest, Belarus. Approximate location 52.4538, 25.1926.

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Bereza SDPP Thermal Power Plant Belarus is a 1,130 MW gas power station in Brest, Belarus. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,272,702 homes (estimated). It ranks #2 of 24 Belarus power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 54.5% of Belarus's electricity; the national grid averages 309 gCO₂/kWh (41.4% low-carbon) (2025).

1,130MW installed capacity
1,272,702homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0043047.

~1,781,784 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

415,334passenger cars driven for a year
232,366homes' yearly energy use
29,696,400tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Belarus

Lukoml Thermal Power Plant Belarus: 2,460 MW2kLukoml The…Bereza SDPP Thermal Power Plant Belarus: 1,130 MW1kBereza SDP…Minsk-4 CHP CCGT Power Plant: 1,035 MW1kMinsk-4 CH…Minsk-5 CHP CCGT Power Plant: 780 MW780Minsk-5 CH…Gomel-2 CHP Power Plant Belarus: 544 MW544Gomel-2 CH…Minsk-3 CHP CCGT Power Plant: 542 MW542Minsk-3 CH…Novopolotsk Thermal Power Plant Belarus: 505 MW505Novopolots…Mogilev CHP-2 Thermal Power Plant Ukraine: 345 MW345Mogilev CH…

Installed capacity (MW), 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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.5°Cannual mean temp
4,173heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
142 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -5 °CJF: -3 °CFM: 0 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 7 °CON: 2 °CND: -3 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 70% 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: 86/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #2 largest gas power plant of 17 in Belarus by capacity.

Belarus has 17 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,302 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.4538, 25.1926 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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