Kladno

Coal power plant in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Approximate location 50.1532, 14.129.

CoalCentral BohemiaCzech RepublicCO₂ reported

Kladno is a 404 MW coal power station in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. It is operated by Alpiq Group. Based on reported annual generation of 2,083 GWh, it can supply roughly 595,114 homes. It ranks #13 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 1,283 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS) are equivalent to about 299 cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 35.2% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

404MW installed capacity
2,083GWh reported / yr
595,114homes powered
1,283t CO₂ / yr (EU ETS)
2014commissioned (~12 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019206.

1,283 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

299passenger cars driven for a year
167homes' yearly energy use
21,383tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2015: 2,124 GWh20152016: 2,208 GWh20162017: 2,083 GWh20172k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Alpiq Group. All plants by this company →

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 50.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,555heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
352 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 8 °CON: 3 °CND: 0 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% 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: 77/100 — 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.

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 #8 largest coal power plant of 26 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 26 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,903 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 50.1532, 14.129 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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