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Sousse C

Gas power plant in Al Munastir, Tunisia. Approximate location 35.7855, 10.6782.

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Sousse C is a 424 MW gas power station in Al Munastir, Tunisia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 477,545 homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 27 Tunisia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 94.9% of Tunisia's electricity; the national grid averages 560 gCO₂/kWh (4.0% low-carbon) (2025).

424MW installed capacity
477,545homes powered (est.)
2014commissioned (~12 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023614.

~668,563 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

155,842passenger cars driven for a year
87,189homes' yearly energy use
11,142,720tree 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 Tunisia

Rades A1: 700 MW700Rades A1Bir Mcherga 1: 486 MW486Bir Mcherg…IPP Rades 2: 470 MW470IPP Rades 2Sousse C: 424 MW424Sousse CSousse D: 424 MW424Sousse DGhannouch: 415 MW415GhannouchThyna 1: 375 MW375Thyna 1Sousse B: 364 MW364Sousse B

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 hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

19.1°Cannual mean temp
677heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,077cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
24 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 12 °CJF: 13 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 20 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 21 °CON: 17 °CND: 13 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 72% 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: 23/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 ~3% 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 #4 largest gas power plant of 19 in Tunisia by capacity.

Tunisia has 19 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 4,856 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 35.7855, 10.6782 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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