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TPP Iernut

Gas power plant in Mures, Romania. Approximate location 46.4677, 24.1833.

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TPP Iernut is a 751 MW gas power station in Mures, Romania. Based on reported annual generation of 1,714 GWh, it can supply roughly 489,628 homes. It ranks #7 of 68 Romania power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 18.7% of Romania's electricity; the national grid averages 251 gCO₂/kWh (67.5% low-carbon) (2025).

751MW installed capacity
1,714GWh reported / yr
489,628homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019098.

~685,480 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

159,786passenger cars driven for a year
89,395homes' yearly energy use
11,424,667tree 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: 1,591 GWh20152016: 1,509 GWh20162017: 1,714 GWh20172k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), 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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 46.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.7°Cannual mean temp
3,426heating degree-days (base 18°C)
57cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
351 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 9 °CON: 3 °CND: -1 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 39% 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: 74/100 — 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.

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 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 46.4677, 24.1833 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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