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SERENE SULMONA

Gas power plant in Abruzzo, Italy. Approximate location 42.0784, 13.9035.

GasAbruzzoItalyCO₂ reported

SERENE SULMONA is a 48 MW gas power plant in Abruzzo, Italy. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 54,061 homes (estimated). It ranks #173 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 50,406 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 11,750 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 47.2% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).

48MW installed capacity
54,061homes powered (est.)
50,406t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-227.

50,406 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

11,750passenger cars driven for a year
6,574homes' yearly energy use
840,100tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Italy

MONTALTO (Alessandro Volta): 3,446 MW3kMONTALTO (…TAVAZZANO: 1,520 MW2kTAVAZZANOTORREVALDALIGA South: 1,488 MW1kTORREVALDA…LA CASELLA C.LE: 1,466 MW1kLA CASELLA…OSTIGLIA: 1,457 MW1kOSTIGLIAVADO Ligure: 1,353 MW1kVADO LigureENIPOWER BRINDISI: 1,260 MW1kENIPOWER B…TERMINI IMERESE C.LE: 1,235 MW1kTERMINI IM…

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.4°Cannual mean temp
3,836heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,447 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 5 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 1 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 56% 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: 82/100 — 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 #61 largest gas power plant of 64 in Italy by capacity.

Italy has 64 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 39,931 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 42.0784, 13.9035 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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