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Tisova power station

Coal power plant in Karlovarsky, Czech Republic. Approximate location 50.1496, 12.6108.

CoalKarlovarskyCzech RepublicCO₂ reported

Tisova power station is a 296 MW coal power station in Karlovarsky, Czech Republic. It is operated by CEZ Group. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 370,422 homes (estimated). It ranks #17 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1960, it is around 66 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its measured emissions of 1,034,920 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 241,240 cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 35.2% of Czech Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

296MW installed capacity
370,422homes powered (est.)
1,034,920t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1960commissioned (~66 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019171.

1,034,920 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

241,240passenger cars driven for a year
134,966homes' yearly energy use
17,248,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Czech Republic

Pocerady power station: 1,000 MW1kPocerady p…Melnik power station: 960 MW960Melnik pow…Chvaletice power station: 820 MW820Chvaletice…Detmarovice power station: 800 MW800Detmarovic…Tusimice power station: 800 MW800Tusimice p…Prunerov: 750 MW750PrunerovLedvice power station: 640 MW640Ledvice po…Kladno: 404 MW404Kladno

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

Owner

Operated by CEZ Group. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.0°Cannual mean temp
4,375heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
722 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 5 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 15 °CJA: 15 °CAS: 11 °CSO: 6 °CON: 1 °CND: -2 °CD15 °C

Heating degree-days here run 78% 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: 89/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #10 largest coal power plant of 26 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 26 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,903 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 50.1496, 12.6108 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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