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Mtkvari Thermal Power Plant Georgia

Gas power plant in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. Approximate location 41.4698, 45.061.

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Mtkvari Thermal Power Plant Georgia is a 300 MW gas power station in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 337,885 homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 19 Georgia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 20.4% of Georgia's electricity; the national grid averages 146 gCO₂/kWh (79.6% low-carbon) (2025).

300MW installed capacity
337,885homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0041901.

~473,040 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

110,266passenger cars driven for a year
61,690homes' yearly energy use
7,884,000tree 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 Georgia

Gardabani (Tbilisi) Thermal Power Plant Georgia: 840 MW840Gardabani …Mtkvari Thermal Power Plant Georgia: 300 MW300Mtkvari Th…Gardabani OCGT Power Plant Georgia: 110 MW110Gardabani …

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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.3°Cannual mean temp
2,318heating degree-days (base 18°C)
611cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
293 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 8 °CND: 3 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 6% below 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: 48/100 — 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 #2 largest gas power plant of 3 in Georgia by capacity.

Georgia has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,250 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.4698, 45.061 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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