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Saint-Félix-Lauragais

Wind power plant in Midi-Pyrenees, France. Approximate location 43.4508, 1.9019.

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Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a 10 MW wind power plant in Midi-Pyrenees, France. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 8.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #876 of 2,216 France power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 8.2% of France's electricity; the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).

10Source-backed capacity
8,509homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1024482.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySaint-Félix-Lauragais WRI
CountryFrance · Midi-Pyrenees WRI
Coordinates43.4508, 1.9019 WRI
FuelWind WRI
MW installed capacity10 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#876 of 2216 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#464 of 721 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.87× · 12 MW median · 721 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent8,509 calculated
Climate11.9°C · HDD 2,359 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 32/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

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 L100000908266); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 10 MW, Saint-Félix-Lauragais is below the median wind plant in France (12 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in France

Salles-Curan: 87 MW87Salles-Cur…Épizon: 80 MW80ÉpizonGerminon: 75 MW75GerminonCormainville: 60 MW60Cormainvil…Murat-sur-Vèbre: 59 MW59Murat-sur-…Villesèque-des-Corbières: 55 MW55Villesèque…Allonnes: 52 MW52AllonnesCastelnau-Pégayrols: 48 MW48Castelnau-…

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

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.9°Cannual mean temp
2,359heating degree-days (base 18°C)
133cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
413 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 13 °CON: 8 °CND: 6 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 4% 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: 49/100 — this site sits in the mid 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.

Site climate & environmental severity

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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
32/100environmental-severity index
15.6°Cseasonal temperature swing
114 kmdistance to coast

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #464 largest wind power plant of 721 in France by capacity.

France has 721 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 9,164 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 43.4508, 1.9019 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Saint-Félix-Lauragais?

Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a 10 MW source-record wind power plant in Midi-Pyrenees, France.

How many homes can Saint-Félix-Lauragais power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 8,509 homes (estimated).

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