UNIPETROL T700 — Czech Republic

UNIPETROL T700 is a 112 MW coal power station in Ustecky, Czech Republic. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 140k homes (estimated). It ranks #33 of 481 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 378,020 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 88k 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-448.

Data provenance

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

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 112 MW, UNIPETROL T700 is below the median coal plant in Czech Republic (165 MW). 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.

~378,020 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Share of Czech Republic coal capacity

1.1% of 9,811 MW across 32 plants in this dataset

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 Czech Republic

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

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 50.6°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 35% 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: 71/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #22 largest coal power plant of 32 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 32 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 9,811 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Komorany power station · Coal · 197 MW · Ustecky
• Bílina Solar Power Plant · Solar · 3.2 MW · Ustecky
• Most Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2.1 MW · Ustecky
• Jeníkov Solar Power Plant · Solar · 5.8 MW · Ustecky
• Sedlec Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.5 MW · Ustecky
• Ledvice power station · Coal · 770 MW · Ustecky

Location

Coordinates 50.5657, 13.622 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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