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Zeus power station

Biomass power plant in Kirklareli, Turkey. Approximate location 41.6771, 27.3271.

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Zeus power station is a 12 MW biomass power plant in Kirklareli, Turkey. It is operated by Zeus Enerji Sanayi LŞ. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 16,518 homes (estimated). It ranks #214 of 278 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 2.4% of Turkey's electricity; the national grid averages 475 gCO₂/kWh (43.3% low-carbon) (2025).

12MW installed capacity
16,518homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6363.

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

Owner

Operated by Zeus Enerji Sanayi LŞ.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.5°Cannual mean temp
2,105heating degree-days (base 18°C)
468cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
172 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 4 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 10 °CND: 6 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 14% below 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: 45/100 — 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.

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 #33 largest biomass power plant of 45 in Turkey by capacity.

Turkey has 45 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 922 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.6771, 27.3271 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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