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ENERGIA MOLISE

Gas power plant in Molise, Italy. Approximate location 41.9369, 15.0004.

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ENERGIA MOLISE is a 769 MW gas power station in Molise, Italy. Based on reported annual generation of 828 GWh, it can supply roughly 236,428 homes. It ranks #39 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 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).

769MW installed capacity
828GWh reported / yr
236,428homes powered
2006commissioned (~20 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002878.

~331,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

77,156passenger cars driven for a year
43,166homes' yearly energy use
5,516,667tree 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Italy

MONTALTO (Alessandro Volta): 3,446 MW3kMONTALTO (…TAVAZZANO: 1,520 MW2kTAVAZZANOTORREVALDALIGA South: 1,488 MW1kTORREVALDA…LA CASELLA C.LE: 1,466 MW1kLA CASELLA…OSTIGLIA: 1,457 MW1kOSTIGLIAVADO Ligure: 1,353 MW1kVADO LigureENIPOWER BRINDISI: 1,260 MW1kENIPOWER B…TERMINI IMERESE C.LE: 1,235 MW1kTERMINI IM…

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

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 41.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

16.0°Cannual mean temp
1,363heating degree-days (base 18°C)
636cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
77 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 9 °CFM: 11 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 21 °CSO: 17 °CON: 13 °CND: 10 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% 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: 31/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 ~1% 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 #24 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 41.9369, 15.0004 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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