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Špitálka power station

Other power plant in South Moravian, Czech Republic. Approximate location 49.1964, 16.6226.

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Špitálka power station is a 81 MW other power plant in South Moravian, Czech Republic. It is operated by Teplárny Brno AS. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 60,519 homes (estimated). It ranks #33 of 472 Czech Republic power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 225,580 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 52,583 cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 401 gCO₂/kWh (59.2% low-carbon) (2025).

81MW installed capacity
60,519homes powered (est.)
225,580t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-452.

225,580 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

52,583passenger cars driven for a year
29,418homes' yearly energy use
3,759,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest other plants in Czech Republic

Červený Mlýn power station: 99 MW99Červený Ml…Špitálka power station: 81 MW81Špitálka p…Plana Nad Luznici power station: 60 MW60Plana Nad …Kyjov CHP power station: 24 MW24Kyjov CHP …

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

Owner

Operated by Teplárny Brno AS. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 49.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.2°Cannual mean temp
3,274heating degree-days (base 18°C)
67cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
224 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 0 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 33% 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: 70/100 — 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 #2 largest other power plant of 4 in Czech Republic by capacity.

Czech Republic has 4 other power plants in this dataset, together about 263 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 49.1964, 16.6226 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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