Tuzla CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tuzla CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina is a 730 MW coal power station in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is operated by Elektroprivreda BiH dd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 914k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1966, it is around 60 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 55.4% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's electricity; the national grid averages 571 gCO₂/kWh (43.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0044791.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 730 MW, Tuzla CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina is well above the median coal plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina (430 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Bosnia and Herzegovina coal capacity

15.4% of 4,730 MW across 11 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

0 of 5 dated coal plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Owner

Operated by Elektroprivreda BiH dd [100%].

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 44.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 19% 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: 60/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest coal power plant of 11 in Bosnia and Herzegovina by capacity.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has 11 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,730 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Banovici power station · Coal · 350 MW · Tuzla Canton
• Ugljevik CHP Coal Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Coal · 300 MW · Republika Srpska
• Zvornik power plant · Gas · 62.5 MW · Srpska
• Loznica CHP power station · Gas · 240 MW · Šumadija and Western Serbia
• ERS Gas-Fired CHP power station · Gas · 200 MW · Zenica-Doboj
• Kakanj CHP Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Coal · 450 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Location

Coordinates 44.5215, 18.6056 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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