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Počerady

Gas power plant in Ustecky, Czech Republic. Approximate location 50.4267, 13.6747.

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Počerady is a 840 MW gas power station in Ustecky, Czech Republic. It is operated by CEZ Group. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 946,080 homes (estimated). It ranks #5 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 5.4% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

840MW installed capacity
946,080homes powered (est.)
2014commissioned (~12 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019205.

~1,324,512 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

308,744passenger cars driven for a year
172,732homes' yearly energy use
22,075,200tree 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 Czech Republic

Počerady: 840 MW840PočeradyVřesová: 370 MW370VřesováKladno (TG6): 110 MW110Kladno (TG…

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

Owner

Operated by CEZ Group. All plants by this company →

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 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.

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 #1 largest gas power plant of 3 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,320 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 50.4267, 13.6747 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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