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Mänttä power station

Coal power plant in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Approximate location 62.0271, 24.6341.

CoalPirkanmaaFinlandCO₂ measured

Mänttä power station is a 65 MW coal power plant in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It is operated by Mäntän Energia Oy [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 81k homes (estimated). It ranks #65 of 203 Finland power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1958, it is around 68 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its annual emissions of 5,156 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 1.2k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 0.2% of Finland's electricity; the national grid averages 57 gCO₂/kWh (96.3% low-carbon) (2025).

65MW installed capacity
81,342homes powered (est.)
5,156t CO₂ / yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023))
1958commissioned (~68 yrs)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityMänttä power station GEM-coal
CountryFinland · Pirkanmaa GEM-coal
Coordinates62.0271, 24.6341 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity65 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerMäntän Energia Oy [100%] GEM-coal
Commissioned1958 GEM-coal
CO₂ emissions5,156 t CO₂·a⁻¹ measured · EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#65 / 203 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#12 / 13 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.28× · 230 MW · n=13 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent81,342 calculated
Environmental severityC2 · 25/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 65 MW, Mänttä power station is below the median coal plant in Finland (230 MW). 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.

5,156 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1.2kpassenger cars driven for a year
672homes' yearly energy use
86ktree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Finland

Inkoo power station: 1,000 MW1kInkoo powe…Vuosaari power station: 648 MW648Vuosaari p…Meri-Pori: 614 MW614Meri-PoriNaantali CHP power station: 511 MW511Naantali C…Suomenoja power station: 279 MW279Suomenoja …Kristiina power station: 242 MW242Kristiina …Vaskiluoto 2: 230 MW230Vaskiluoto…Hanasaari B: 212 MW212Hanasaari B

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

Owner

Operated by Mäntän Energia Oy [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 62.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~0°Ctypical annual mean
~14°Ctypical warm-season mean
Subarctic (boreal): long cold winters and short, cool summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
25/100environmental-severity index
24.0°Cseasonal temperature swing
172 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #12 largest coal power plant of 13 in Finland by capacity.

Finland has 13 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,217 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 62.0271, 24.6341 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Mänttä power station?

Mänttä power station is a 65 MW coal power plant in Pirkanmaa, Finland, commissioned in 1958.

How many homes can Mänttä power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 81,342 homes (estimated).

Who operates Mänttä power station?

Mänttä power station is operated by Mäntän Energia Oy [100%].

How much CO₂ does Mänttä power station emit?

Mänttä power station has measured emissions of about 5,156 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).

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