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TE KOSTOLAC A

Coal power plant in Central Serbia, Serbia. Approximate location 44.7229, 21.1717.

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TE KOSTOLAC A is a 281 MW coal power station in Central Serbia, Serbia. Based on reported annual generation of 5 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,314 homes. It ranks #9 of 12 Serbia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 65.0% of Serbia's electricity; the national grid averages 696 gCO₂/kWh (27.8% low-carbon) (2025).

281MW installed capacity
5GWh reported / yr
1,314homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1020283.

~4,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,072passenger cars driven for a year
600homes' yearly energy use
76,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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 coal plants in Serbia

TENT A: 1,730 MW2kTENT ATENT B: 1,270 MW1kTENT BTE KOSTOLAC B: 697 MW697TE KOSTOLA…TE KOSOVO B: 618 MW618TE KOSOVO BTE KOSOVO A: 617 MW617TE KOSOVO ATE KOSTOLAC A: 281 MW281TE KOSTOLA…TE KOLUBARA: 245 MW245TE KOLUBARATE MORAVA: 110 MW110TE MORAVA

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.3°Cannual mean temp
2,693heating degree-days (base 18°C)
260cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
109 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 12 °CON: 6 °CND: 2 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 10% 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: 54/100 — 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

The #6 largest coal power plant of 8 in Serbia by capacity.

Serbia has 8 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 5,568 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 44.7229, 21.1717 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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