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Brewer

Gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. Approximate location -23.8817, 133.8281.

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Brewer is a 8 MW gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by Central Energy Power. Based on reported annual generation of 30 GWh, it can supply roughly 8,714 homes. It ranks #381 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

8MW installed capacity
30GWh reported / yr
8,714homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000256.

~12,200 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

2,844passenger cars driven for a year
1,591homes' yearly energy use
203,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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

2014: 44 GWh20142015: 47 GWh20152016: 30 GWh201647 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Central Energy Power. All plants by this company →

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 hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 23.9°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.3°Cannual mean temp
509heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,713cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
545 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 29 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 26 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 15 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 23 °CON: 26 °CND: 28 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 79% 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: 20/100 — 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 ~4% 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 #126 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 -23.8817, 133.8281 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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