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RKA Nyhamna

Gas power plant in More og Romsdal, Norway. Approximate location 62.8489, 6.9433.

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RKA Nyhamna is a 253 MW gas power station in More og Romsdal, Norway. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 284,950 homes (estimated). It ranks #34 of 306 Norway power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 0.6% of Norway's electricity; the national grid averages 28 gCO₂/kWh (99.0% low-carbon) (2025).

253MW installed capacity
284,950homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1003453.

~398,930 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

92,991passenger cars driven for a year
52,025homes' yearly energy use
6,648,840tree 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 Norway

Naturkraft CCPP: 520 MW520Naturkraft…EVM: 382 MW382EVMRKA Nyhamna: 253 MW253RKA NyhamnaMelkoya: 250 MW250MelkoyaFinnfjordbotn: 49 MW49Finnfjordb…

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

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 subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 62.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

5.9°Cannual mean temp
4,416heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
203 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 4 °CAM: 8 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 14 °CJA: 13 °CAS: 10 °CSO: 6 °CON: 2 °CND: 0 °CD14 °C

Heating degree-days here run 80% 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: 90/100 — 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 #3 largest gas power plant of 5 in Norway by capacity.

Norway has 5 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,454 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 62.8489, 6.9433 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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