Duino Mill power station is a 120 MW gas power station in UTI Giuliana, Italy. It is operated by Burgo Group SpA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 135k homes (estimated). It ranks #149 of 489 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_duinomill_italy.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400371; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 120 MW, Duino Mill power station is below the median gas plant in Italy (324 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Burgo Group SpA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #80 largest gas power plant of 118 in Italy by capacity.
Italy has 118 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 53,570 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 45.793, 13.583 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Duino Mill power station is a 120 MW gas power plant in UTI Giuliana, Italy, commissioned in 2009.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 135,154 homes (estimated).
Duino Mill power station is operated by Burgo Group SpA [100%].
