Monfalcone power station is a 336 MW coal power station in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. It ranks #86 of 489 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 305,627 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 71k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 1.4% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002911.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 336 MW, Monfalcone power station is below the median coal plant in Italy (640 MW). Technically it is described as Siemens Energy: HL-class; subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
305,627 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #11 largest coal power plant of 16 in Italy by capacity.
Italy has 16 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 12,942 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Duino Mill power station · Gas · 120 MW · UTI Giuliana
- Gorizia CHP power station · Gas · 70 MW · Gorizia
- TORVISCOSA · Gas · 867 MW · Friuli Venezia Giulia
- La Brava Solar Power Plant · Solar · 13.4 MW · Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Bagnaria Arsa · Solar · 5 MW · Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Manzano · Solar · 8 MW · Friuli Venezia Giulia
Location
Coordinates 45.7979, 13.5455 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Monfalcone power station?
Monfalcone power station is a 336 MW coal power plant in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, Construction 1968.
How much CO₂ does Monfalcone power station emit?
Monfalcone power station has measured emissions of about 305,627 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).