Kakanj CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kakanj CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina is a 450 MW coal power station in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 563k homes (estimated). It ranks #7 of 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 55.4% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's electricity; the national grid averages 571 gCO₂/kWh (43.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0044792.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100097; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 450 MW, Kakanj CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina is around the median coal plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina (430 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Bosnia and Herzegovina coal capacity

9.5% of 4,730 MW across 11 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 40% 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: 74/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #5 largest coal power plant of 11 in Bosnia and Herzegovina by capacity.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has 11 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,730 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Kakanj Thermal Power Plant · Gas · 175 MW · Zenica-Doboj
• ERS Gas-Fired CHP power station · Gas · 200 MW · Zenica-Doboj
• KTG Zenica power station · Gas · 390 MW · Zenica-Doboj
• Banovici power station · Coal · 350 MW · Tuzla Canton
• Rama Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 160 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bugojno Thermal Power Project · Coal · 600 MW · Central Bosnia Canton

Location

Coordinates 44.0899, 18.1143 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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