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COMBIGOLFE

Gas power plant in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Approximate location 43.4072, 4.8676.

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COMBIGOLFE is a 425 MW gas power station in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. It is operated by Engie Energie Services SA. Based on reported annual generation of 1,878 GWh, it can supply roughly 536,428 homes. It ranks #39 of 2,188 France power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 256,790 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 59,858 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 3.0% of France's electricity; the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).

425MW installed capacity
1,878GWh reported / yr
536,428homes powered
256,790t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002711.

256,790 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

59,858passenger cars driven for a year
33,489homes' yearly energy use
4,279,833tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2015: 1,263 GWh20152016: 1,868 GWh20162017: 1,878 GWh20172k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Engie Energie Services SA. All plants by this company →

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 hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.0°Cannual mean temp
1,562heating degree-days (base 18°C)
473cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
0 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 7 °CJF: 8 °CFM: 11 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 16 °CON: 11 °CND: 8 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 36% below 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: 35/100 — 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 #7 largest gas power plant of 21 in France by capacity.

France has 21 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 6,170 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 43.4072, 4.8676 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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