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LEINI

Gas power plant in Piedmont, Italy. Approximate location 45.163, 7.7505.

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LEINI is a 380 MW gas power station in Piedmont, Italy. It is operated by Engie Italia SpA. Based on reported annual generation of 2,312 GWh, it can supply roughly 660,628 homes. It ranks #63 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2007, it is around 19 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 582,979 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 135,893 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 47.2% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).

380MW installed capacity
2,312GWh reported / yr
660,628homes powered
582,979t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2007commissioned (~19 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002904.

582,979 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

135,893passenger cars driven for a year
76,028homes' yearly energy use
9,716,317tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2015: 1,737 GWh20152016: 2,051 GWh20162017: 2,312 GWh20172k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Engie Italia SpA. 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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.1°Cannual mean temp
2,434heating degree-days (base 18°C)
281cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
312 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 12 °CON: 7 °CND: 3 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 1% 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: 50/100 — 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 #40 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 45.163, 7.7505 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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