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Koskensaari

Oil power plant in Southern Savonia, Finland. Approximate location 61.7667, 28.7667.

OilSouthern SavoniaFinland

Koskensaari is a 1 MW oil power plant in Southern Savonia, Finland. It is operated by Helsingin Rauta Oy. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 901 homes (estimated). It ranks #181 of 185 Finland power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 2.3% of Finland's electricity; the national grid averages 57 gCO₂/kWh (96.3% low-carbon) (2025).

1MW installed capacity
901homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002410.

~2,365 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

551passenger cars driven for a year
308homes' yearly energy use
39,420tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 30% load factor × a typical oil emission factor (~750 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 oil plants in Finland

Forssa kt: 333 MW333Forssa ktHuutokoski kt: 180 MW180Huutokoski…Kellosaari: 118 MW118KellosaariPorvoo: 76 MW76PorvooVanaja kt 1: 50 MW50Vanaja kt 1Porvoo Tolkkinen: 40 MW40Porvoo Tol…Vaskiluoto kt: 26 MW26Vaskiluoto…Sopenkorpi: 14 MW14Sopenkorpi

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

Owner

Operated by Helsingin Rauta Oy.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 61.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

3.9°Cannual mean temp
5,127heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
80 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -8 °CJF: -8 °CFM: -3 °CMA: 2 °CAM: 9 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 15 °CAS: 10 °CSO: 5 °CON: -1 °CND: -6 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 109% 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: 95/100 — 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 #11 largest oil power plant of 11 in Finland by capacity.

Finland has 11 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 859 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 61.7667, 28.7667 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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