PPC Bratislava CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia

PPC Bratislava CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia is a 218 MW gas power station in Bratislavsky, Slovakia. It is operated by PPC Energy [100%]. Based on reported annual generation of 2 GWh, it can supply roughly 428 homes. It ranks #9 of 37 Slovakia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 85,428 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 20k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 11.3% of Slovakia's electricity; the national grid averages 95 gCO₂/kWh (85.2% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0042640.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400633; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 218 MW, PPC Bratislava CCGT CHP Power Plant Slovakia is well above the median gas plant in Slovakia (80 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.

85,428 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Key facts

Load factor

0%, from 2 GWh of reported generation

Share of Slovakia gas capacity

20.3% of 1,076 MW across 8 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

1 of 8 dated gas plants in Slovakia is older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Slovakia

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

Owner

Operated by PPC Energy [100%].

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 48.2°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 23% 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: 63/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest gas power plant of 8 in Slovakia by capacity.

Slovakia has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,076 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Slovnaft Refinery power station · Gas · 163 MW · Bratislava
• Cunovo Hydroelectric Power Plant Slovakia · Hydro · 24 MW · Gyor-Moson-Sopron
• Windpark Bruck-Göttlesbrunn · Wind · 21 MW · Lower Austria
• Wind Park Hollern II · Wind · 37 MW · Lower Austria
• Wind Park Petronell-Carnuntum II · Wind · 21 MW · Lower Austria
• Wind Park Bruck an der Leitha · Wind · 9 MW · Lower Austria

Location

Coordinates 48.1775, 17.1548 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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