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GENNEVILLIERS 1

Gas power plant in Ile-de-France, France. Approximate location 48.9333, 2.3.

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GENNEVILLIERS 1 is a 203 MW gas power station in Ile-de-France, France. Based on reported annual generation of 105 GWh, it can supply roughly 29,914 homes. It ranks #60 of 2,188 France power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 3.0% of France's electricity; the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).

203MW installed capacity
105GWh reported / yr
29,914homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002731.

~41,880 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

9,762passenger cars driven for a year
5,462homes' yearly energy use
698,000tree 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in France

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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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 48.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.4°Cannual mean temp
2,463heating degree-days (base 18°C)
86cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
58 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 4 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 12 °CON: 7 °CND: 5 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 0% 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: 50/100 — 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 #10 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 48.9333, 2.3 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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