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CTE TAMARETE

Gas power plant in Abruzzo, Italy. Approximate location 42.3496, 14.4039.

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CTE TAMARETE is a 104 MW gas power station in Abruzzo, Italy. It is operated by Tamarete Energia. Based on reported annual generation of 174 GWh, it can supply roughly 49,714 homes. It ranks #132 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 47.2% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).

104MW installed capacity
174GWh reported / yr
49,714homes powered
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002875.

~69,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

16,224passenger cars driven for a year
9,077homes' yearly energy use
1,160,000tree 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: 111 GWh20152016: 139 GWh20162017: 174 GWh2017174 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Tamarete Energia.

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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

14.5°Cannual mean temp
1,752heating degree-days (base 18°C)
475cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
158 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 6 °CJF: 7 °CFM: 9 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 16 °CON: 11 °CND: 8 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 29% 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: 39/100 — 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 #56 largest gas power plant of 64 in Italy by capacity.

Italy has 64 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 39,931 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 42.3496, 14.4039 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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