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SVETI NIKOLA

Wind power plant in Varna, Bulgaria. Approximate location 43.4229, 28.376.

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SVETI NIKOLA is a 156 MW wind power station in Varna, Bulgaria. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 132,751 homes (estimated). It ranks #12 of 43 Bulgaria power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 3.5% of Bulgaria's electricity; the national grid averages 276 gCO₂/kWh (71.9% low-carbon) (2025).

156MW installed capacity
132,751homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008062.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.8°Cannual mean temp
2,574heating degree-days (base 18°C)
332cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
94 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 13 °CON: 8 °CND: 3 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 5% 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: 52/100 — this site sits in the mid 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.

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

Bulgaria has 1 wind power plant in this dataset, together about 156 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 43.4229, 28.376 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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