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TAVAZZANO

Gas power plant in Lombardy, Italy. Approximate location 45.3325, 9.4364.

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TAVAZZANO is a 1,520 MW gas power station in Lombardy, Italy. It is operated by E. On. Based on reported annual generation of 3,132 GWh, it can supply roughly 894,714 homes. It ranks #6 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 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).

1,520MW installed capacity
3,132GWh reported / yr
894,714homes powered
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002962.

~1,252,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

291,981passenger cars driven for a year
163,354homes' yearly energy use
20,876,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × 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.

Reported generation trend

2015: 2,365 GWh20152016: 1,826 GWh20162017: 3,132 GWh20173k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by E. On. All plants by this company →

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 45.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.4°Cannual mean temp
2,397heating degree-days (base 18°C)
380cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
64 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 13 °CON: 7 °CND: 2 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 2% 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.

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 #2 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 45.3325, 9.4364 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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