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Pocerady power station

Coal power plant in Ustecky, Czech Republic. Approximate location 50.4278, 13.6777.

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Pocerady power station is a 1,000 MW coal power station in Ustecky, Czech Republic. It is operated by CEZ Group. Based on reported annual generation of 7,122 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,035,000 homes. It ranks #3 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1973, it is around 53 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 35.2% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

1,000MW installed capacity
7,122GWh reported / yr
2,035,000homes powered
1973commissioned (~53 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019168.

~7,122,500 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,660,256passenger cars driven for a year
928,860homes' yearly energy use
118,708,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2015: 5,589 GWh20152016: 7,311 GWh20162017: 7,122 GWh20177k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by CEZ Group. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.0°Cannual mean temp
3,308heating degree-days (base 18°C)
29cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
258 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 1 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 35% 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: 71/100 — 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.

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 #1 largest coal power plant of 26 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 26 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,903 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 50.4278, 13.6777 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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