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BROMMAT

Hydro power plant in Midi-Pyrenees, France. Approximate location 44.768, 2.684.

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BROMMAT is a 406 MW hydro power station in Midi-Pyrenees, France. Based on reported annual generation of 286 GWh, it can supply roughly 81,771 homes. It ranks #43 of 2,188 France power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 10.4% of France's electricity; the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).

406MW installed capacity
286GWh reported / yr
81,771homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002700.

Reported generation trend

2015: 282 GWh20152016: 456 GWh20162017: 286 GWh2017456 GWh

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

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.9°Cannual mean temp
3,289heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
818 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 3 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% 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: 71/100 — 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 #9 largest hydro power plant of 429 in France by capacity.

France has 429 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 19,506 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 44.768, 2.684 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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