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EVC / GLOBALFOUNDRIES

Gas power plant in Saxony, Germany. Approximate location 51.127, 13.715.

GasSaxonyGermanyCO₂ reported

EVC / GLOBALFOUNDRIES is a 34 MW gas power plant in Saxony, Germany. It is operated by Energieversorgungscenter Dresden-Wilschdorf GmbH & Co. KG. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 38,631 homes (estimated). It ranks #359 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 115,924 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS) are equivalent to about 27,022 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.5% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

34MW installed capacity
38,631homes powered (est.)
115,924t CO₂ / yr (EU ETS)
1998commissioned (~28 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005671.

115,924 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

27,022passenger cars driven for a year
15,118homes' yearly energy use
1,932,067tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to EU ETS.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Germany

Gersteinwerk: 2,004 MW2kGersteinwe…Emsland: 1,837 MW2kEmslandGemeinschaftskraftwerk Irsching: 1,391 MW1kGemeinscha…Knapsack Natural Gas I: 1,230 MW1kKnapsack N…Trianel Natural Gaskraftwerk: 838 MW838Trianel Na…Trianel Hamm power station: 838 MW838Trianel Ha…Franken 1: 823 MW823Franken 1Charlottenburg: 633 MW633Charlotten…

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

Owner

Operated by Energieversorgungscenter Dresden-Wilschdorf GmbH & Co. KG.

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.6°Cannual mean temp
3,103heating degree-days (base 18°C)
57cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
169 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 26% 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: 65/100 — 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 #112 largest gas power plant of 199 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 199 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 26,271 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.127, 13.715 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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