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LARINO TG

Gas power plant in Molise, Italy. Approximate location 41.8055, 14.9193.

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LARINO TG is a 250 MW gas power station in Molise, Italy. It is operated by ENEL. Based on reported annual generation of 1 GWh, it can supply roughly 228 homes. It ranks #77 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1992, it is around 34 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 47.2% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).

250MW installed capacity
1GWh reported / yr
228homes powered
1992commissioned (~34 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002903.

~320 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

75passenger cars driven for a year
42homes' yearly energy use
5,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × 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.

Reported generation trend

2015: 1 GWh20152016: 1 GWh20162017: 1 GWh20171 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by ENEL. All plants by this company →

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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.4°Cannual mean temp
1,520heating degree-days (base 18°C)
600cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
178 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 8 °CFM: 10 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 21 °CSO: 17 °CON: 12 °CND: 9 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 38% below 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: 34/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #44 largest gas power plant of 64 in Italy by capacity.

Italy has 64 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 39,931 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.8055, 14.9193 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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