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Anglesea

Coal power plant in Victoria, Australia. Approximate location -38.3861, 144.1828.

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Anglesea is a 165 MW coal power station in Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Alcoa of Australia Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 168 GWh, it can supply roughly 47,971 homes. It ranks #96 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 42.7% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

165MW installed capacity
168GWh reported / yr
47,971homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000114.

~167,900 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

39,138passenger cars driven for a year
21,896homes' yearly energy use
2,798,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2013: 1,096 GWh20132014: 1,240 GWh20142015: 1,260 GWh20152016: 168 GWh20161k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Alcoa of Australia Ltd. All plants by this company →

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) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 38.4°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

14.0°Cannual mean temp
1,486heating degree-days (base 18°C)
26cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
65 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 18 °CJF: 19 °CFM: 17 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 10 °CJJ: 10 °CJA: 10 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 13 °CON: 15 °CND: 16 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 40% 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: 34/100 — 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 #26 largest coal power plant of 31 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 31 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 26,933 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -38.3861, 144.1828 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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