Libochovice - AX Trade Solar Power Plant — Czech Republic

Libochovice - AX Trade Solar Power Plant is a 1 MW solar power plant in Ustecky, Czech Republic. It is operated by AX Trade. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 425 homes (estimated). It ranks #437 of 481 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 5.8% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029565.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1 MW, Libochovice - AX Trade Solar Power Plant is below the median solar plant in Czech Republic (2 MW). Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Czech Republic solar capacity

less than 0.1% of 1,229 MW across 427 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest solar plants in Czech Republic

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

Owner

Operated by AX Trade.

Local climate & thermal context

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 38% 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: 73/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 0.0% at warm-season highs here (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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #383 largest solar power plant of 427 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 427 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 1,229 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Libochovice - FEL3 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.5 MW · Ustecky
• Dubany Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Ustecky
• Peruc Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.6 MW · Ustecky
• Vraný Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.4 MW · Central Bohemia
• Brozany nad Ohří Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Ustecky
• Páleč Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Central Bohemia

Location

Coordinates 50.4013, 14.0244 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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