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Kiisa AREJ 2

Gas power plant in Harju, Estonia. Approximate location 59.2439, 24.7064.

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Kiisa AREJ 2 is a 250 MW gas power station in Harju, Estonia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 281,571 homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 17 Estonia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 1.3% of Estonia's electricity; the national grid averages 319 gCO₂/kWh (59.6% low-carbon) (2025).

250MW installed capacity
281,571homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022394.

~394,200 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

91,888passenger cars driven for a year
51,408homes' yearly energy use
6,570,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × 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 Estonia

Kiisa AREJ 2: 250 MW250Kiisa AREJ…IRU Elektrijaam: 173 MW173IRU Elektr…

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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 59.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

5.5°Cannual mean temp
4,529heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
70 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -5 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 4 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 11 °CSO: 6 °CON: 1 °CND: -2 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 84% 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: 91/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #1 largest gas power plant of 2 in Estonia by capacity.

Estonia has 2 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 423 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 59.2439, 24.7064 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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