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Trinec-E3 power station

Coal power plant in Moravskoslezsky, Czech Republic. Approximate location 49.684, 18.6476.

CoalMoravskoslezskyCzech RepublicCO₂ reported

Trinec-E3 power station is a 62 MW coal power plant in Moravskoslezsky, Czech Republic. It is operated by Energetika Trinec AS. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 77,588 homes (estimated). It ranks #38 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 189,830 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 44,249 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).

62MW installed capacity
77,588homes powered (est.)
189,830t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-453.

189,830 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

44,249passenger cars driven for a year
24,756homes' yearly energy use
3,163,833tree 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 Energetika Trinec AS.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 49.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.8°Cannual mean temp
4,081heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
555 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 8 °CON: 2 °CND: -2 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 66% 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: 85/100 — 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 #26 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 49.684, 18.6476 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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