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TPP CCCC Petrom Brazi

Gas power plant in Prahova, Romania. Approximate location 44.8802, 25.9988.

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TPP CCCC Petrom Brazi is a 860 MW gas power station in Prahova, Romania. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 968,605 homes (estimated). It ranks #6 of 68 Romania power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 18.7% of Romania's electricity; the national grid averages 251 gCO₂/kWh (67.5% low-carbon) (2025).

860MW installed capacity
968,605homes powered (est.)
2012commissioned (~14 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019097.

~1,356,048 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

316,095passenger cars driven for a year
176,845homes' yearly energy use
22,600,800tree 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 Romania

TPP CCCC Petrom Brazi: 860 MW860TPP CCCC P…TPP Iernut: 751 MW751TPP IernutTPP Braila: 413 MW413TPP BrailaTPP Galati: 346 MW346TPP GalatiTPP Bucuresti Vest: 298 MW298TPP Bucure…TPP Bucuresti Sud: 280 MW280TPP Bucure…TPP Brazi: 220 MW220TPP BraziTPP Progresu: 184 MW184TPP Progre…

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.1°Cannual mean temp
3,072heating degree-days (base 18°C)
218cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
105 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 11 °CON: 4 °CND: 0 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 25% 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: 64/100 — 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 #1 largest gas power plant of 8 in Romania by capacity.

Romania has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 3,352 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 44.8802, 25.9988 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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