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Nya Öresundsverket

Gas power plant in Skane, Sweden. Approximate location 55.6261, 13.0404.

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Nya Öresundsverket is a 440 MW gas power station in Skane, Sweden. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 495,565 homes (estimated). It ranks #11 of 168 Sweden power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 0.1% of Sweden's electricity; the national grid averages 35 gCO₂/kWh (98.8% low-carbon) (2025).

440MW installed capacity
495,565homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029978.

~693,792 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

161,723passenger cars driven for a year
90,479homes' yearly energy use
11,563,200tree 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 Sweden

Värme: 639 MW639VärmeNya Öresundsverket: 440 MW440Nya Öresun…Rya: 261 MW261Rya

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 55.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,541heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
21 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 9 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 44% 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: 77/100 — 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.

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 Sweden by capacity.

Sweden has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,340 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 55.6261, 13.0404 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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