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Mitte

Gas power plant in Berlin, Germany. Approximate location 52.5117, 13.4209.

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Mitte is a 444 MW gas power station in Berlin, Germany. It is operated by Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG. Based on reported annual generation of 2,000 GWh, it can supply roughly 571,428 homes. It ranks #63 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1996, it is around 30 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 747,198 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 174,172 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.5% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

444MW installed capacity
2,000GWh reported / yr
571,428homes powered
747,198t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1996commissioned (~30 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005948.

747,198 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

174,172passenger cars driven for a year
97,444homes' yearly energy use
12,453,300tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2015: 1,597 GWh20152016: 1,763 GWh20162017: 2,000 GWh20172k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG. 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 52.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.1°Cannual mean temp
3,240heating degree-days (base 18°C)
19cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
40 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 32% 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: 69/100 — 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.

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 #13 largest gas power plant of 199 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 199 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 26,271 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.5117, 13.4209 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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