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Rijeka Thermal Power Plant Croatia

Oil power plant in Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia. Approximate location 45.2862, 14.5207.

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Rijeka Thermal Power Plant Croatia is a 320 MW oil power station in Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 240,274 homes (estimated). It ranks #5 of 24 Croatia power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 0.0% of Croatia's electricity; the national grid averages 158 gCO₂/kWh (76.3% low-carbon) (2025).

320MW installed capacity
240,274homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0044822.

~630,720 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

147,021passenger cars driven for a year
82,254homes' yearly energy use
10,512,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 30% load factor × a typical oil emission factor (~750 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 oil plants in Croatia

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

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.2°Cannual mean temp
2,346heating degree-days (base 18°C)
235cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
284 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 4 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 13 °CON: 8 °CND: 5 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 5% 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: 48/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #2 largest oil power plant of 2 in Croatia by capacity.

Croatia has 2 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 740 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 45.2862, 14.5207 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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