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Moldavskaya GRES

Coal power plant in Telenesti, Moldova. Approximate location 46.6292, 29.9407.

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Moldavskaya GRES is a 2,520 MW coal power station in Telenesti, Moldova. It is operated by Inter RAO UES. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3,153,600 homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 6 Moldova power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Moldova's electricity; the national grid averages 633 gCO₂/kWh (11.2% low-carbon) (2025).

2,520MW installed capacity
3,153,600homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002989.

~11,037,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

2,572,867passenger cars driven for a year
1,439,437homes' yearly energy use
183,960,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Owner

Operated by Inter RAO UES.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 46.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.5°Cannual mean temp
3,276heating degree-days (base 18°C)
212cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
34 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 0 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 33% 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: 70/100 — 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.

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

Moldova has 1 coal power plant in this dataset, together about 2,520 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 46.6292, 29.9407 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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