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Levice CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia

Gas power plant in Nitriansky, Slovakia. Approximate location 48.2022, 18.597.

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Levice CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia is a 80 MW gas power plant in Nitriansky, Slovakia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 90,102 homes (estimated). It ranks #11 of 30 Slovakia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 11.3% of Slovakia's electricity; the national grid averages 95 gCO₂/kWh (85.2% low-carbon) (2025).

80MW installed capacity
90,102homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0042639.

~126,144 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

29,404passenger cars driven for a year
16,451homes' yearly energy use
2,102,400tree 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 Slovakia

Malzenice CCGT Power Plant Slovakia: 430 MW430Malzenice …PPC Bratislava CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia: 218 MW218PPC Bratis…Levice CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia: 80 MW80Levice CCG…

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 48.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.4°Cannual mean temp
2,993heating degree-days (base 18°C)
229cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
161 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: 0 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 22% 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: 62/100 — 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 #3 largest gas power plant of 3 in Slovakia by capacity.

Slovakia has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 728 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 48.2022, 18.597 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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