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Bairnsdale

Gas power plant in Victoria, Australia. Approximate location -37.8429, 147.5639.

GasVictoriaAustraliaCO₂ reported

Bairnsdale is a 94 MW gas power plant in Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Alinta DEBO. Based on reported annual generation of 261 GWh, it can supply roughly 74,457 homes. It ranks #163 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 35,546 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 8,286 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

94MW installed capacity
261GWh reported / yr
74,457homes powered
35,546t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000081.

35,546 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

8,286passenger cars driven for a year
4,636homes' yearly energy use
592,433tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 132 GWh20132014: 155 GWh20142015: 150 GWh20152016: 198 GWh20162017: 168 GWh20172018: 261 GWh2018261 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Alinta DEBO.

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 37.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

14.7°Cannual mean temp
1,362heating degree-days (base 18°C)
148cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
33 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 20 °CJF: 20 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 10 °CJJ: 9 °CJA: 10 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 14 °CON: 16 °CND: 18 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% 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: 31/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #66 largest gas power plant of 142 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 142 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 21,303 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -37.8429, 147.5639 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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