Porto Empedocle power station is a 125 MW other power station in Sicily, Italy. It is operated by Enel Produzione SpA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 94k homes (estimated). It ranks #145 of 489 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-213.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000400421); fuel: GEM wiki unit table: mixed heavy fuel oil and natural gas; classified as Other rather than single-fuel overclaim
At 125 MW, Porto Empedocle power station is well above the median other plant in Italy (96 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.
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 Enel Produzione SpA.
This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 63% 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: 26/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
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 marine corrosion 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 #2 largest other power plant of 8 in Italy by capacity.
Italy has 8 other power plants in this dataset, together about 752 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 37.2876, 13.5212 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Porto Empedocle power station is a 125 MW source-record other power plant in Sicily, Italy, commissioned in 2015.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 93,857 homes (estimated).
Porto Empedocle power station is operated by Enel Produzione SpA.
