Neftochim Refinery power station is a 216 MW gas power station in Burgas, Bulgaria. It is operated by LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas AD [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 243k homes (estimated). It ranks #16 of 55 Bulgaria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1962, it is around 64 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, gas supplies about 4.9% of Bulgaria's electricity; the national grid averages 276 gCO₂/kWh (71.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_neftochimrefinery_bulgar.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400041; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 216 MW, Neftochim Refinery power station is below the median gas plant in Bulgaria (315 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas AD [100%].
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 42.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
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.
The #6 largest gas power plant of 8 in Bulgaria by capacity.
Bulgaria has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 3,487 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 42.54129, 27.33875 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Neftochim Refinery power station is a 216 MW gas power plant in Burgas, Bulgaria, commissioned in 1962.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 243,277 homes (estimated).
Neftochim Refinery power station is operated by LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas AD [100%].
