Avion — Philippines

Avion is a 100 MW gas power station in Calabarzon, Philippines. It is operated by Prime Meridian PowerGen Corp.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 113k homes (estimated). It ranks #98 of 186 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 17.3% of Philippines's electricity; the national grid averages 588 gCO₂/kWh (23.3% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029960.

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 100 MW, Avion is below the median gas plant in Philippines (650 MW). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

Key facts

Share of Philippines gas capacity

0.3% of 29,154 MW across 29 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

1 of 13 dated gas plants in Philippines is older

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

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Philippines

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

Owner

Operated by Prime Meridian PowerGen Corp..

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 13.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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 #29 largest gas power plant of 29 in Philippines by capacity.

Philippines has 29 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,154 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• STA RITA · Gas · 1,094.8 MW · Calabarzon
• Stellar power station · Gas · 1,250 MW · Calabarzon
• San Gabriel · Gas · 420 MW · Calabarzon
• Vires Energy floating power plant · Gas · 450 MW · Central Luzon
• Batangas Clean Energy power station · Gas · 1,100 MW · Batangas
• Batangas power station · Coal · 600 MW · Batangas

Location

Coordinates 13.7606, 121.046 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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