Brno power station

Brno power station is a 72 MW coal power plant in South Moravian, Czech Republic. It is operated by Teplarny Brno As. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 90,102 homes (estimated). It ranks #34 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1984, it is around 42 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 35.2% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1075824.

~315,360 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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 coal plants in Czech Republic

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Teplarny Brno As. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 49.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 33% 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: 70/100 — 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.

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 #22 largest coal power plant of 26 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 26 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,903 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Červený Mlýn power station · Other · 99 MW · South Moravian
• Špitálka power station · Other · 81 MW · South Moravian
• Spalovna Brno power station · Biomass · 23 MW · South Moravian
• Brno-Tuřany Solar Power Plant · Solar · 21 MW · South Moravian
• Kuřim Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · South Moravian
• Omice Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · South Moravian

Location

Coordinates 49.2159, 16.6064 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.