Karvina power station — Czech Republic

Karvina power station is a 125 MW coal power station in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic. It is operated by Veolia Ceska Republika AS [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 156k homes (estimated). It ranks #31 of 481 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1970, it is around 56 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 35.2% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 55 MW for Karvina power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 125 MW, Karvina power station is below the median coal plant in Czech Republic (165 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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 Czech Republic coal capacity

1.3% of 9,811 MW across 32 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

9 of 28 dated coal plants in Czech Republic are older

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 Czech Republic

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

Owner

Operated by Veolia Ceska Republika AS [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 49.8°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).

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 #21 largest coal power plant of 32 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 32 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 9,811 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Detmarovice power station · Coal · 800 MW ·
• TAMEH OSTRAVA · Coal · 229 MW · Moravian-Silesian
• Bruzovice Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.9 MW · Moravian-Silesian
• EC Moszczenica · Coal · 38 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
• Marianske Hory power station · Coal · 30 MW · Moravian-Silesian
• Frýdek-Místek - ClearEnergy Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Moravskoslezsky

Location

Coordinates 49.823463, 18.480287 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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