SORGENIA PUGLIA CENTRALE DI MODUGNO — Italy

SORGENIA PUGLIA CENTRALE DI MODUGNO is a 800 MW gas power station in Apulia, Italy. It is operated by Sorgenia. Based on reported annual generation of 2,761 GWh, it can supply roughly 789k homes. It ranks #44 of 489 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 47.2% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002956.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400400; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 800 MW, SORGENIA PUGLIA CENTRALE DI MODUGNO is well above the median gas plant in Italy (324 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.

Key facts

Load factor

39%, from 2,761 GWh of reported generation; the median for 51 gas plants in Italy that report generation is 24%

Generation trend

1,775 GWh in 2015 and 2,761 GWh in 2017 (+56%)

Highest and lowest year

2017: 2,761 GWh; 2015: 1,775 GWh

Share of Italy gas capacity

1.5% of 53,570 MW across 118 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

83 of 103 dated gas plants in Italy are older

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

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Sorgenia.

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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.1°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 43% 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: 32/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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 #27 largest gas power plant of 118 in Italy by capacity.

Italy has 118 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 53,570 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Palo 7 · Solar · 7 MW · Apulia
• Pedale Solar Power Plant · Solar · 3 MW · Apulia
• Gioia del Colle · Solar · 5 MW · Apulia
• Monopoli power station · Other · 36 MW · Apulia
• Andria - Solaer Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Apulia
• Poggiorsini · Solar · 5 MW · Apulia

Location

Coordinates 41.1025, 16.756 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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