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Condamine A

Gas power plant in Queensland, Australia. Approximate location -26.6682, 150.27.

GasQueenslandAustraliaCO₂ reported

Condamine A is a 144 MW gas power station in Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Queensland Gas Company. Based on reported annual generation of 850 GWh, it can supply roughly 242,714 homes. It ranks #115 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 105,301 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 24,546 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).

144MW installed capacity
850GWh reported / yr
242,714homes powered
105,301t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000154.

105,301 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

24,546passenger cars driven for a year
13,733homes' yearly energy use
1,755,017tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 573 GWh20132014: 618 GWh20142015: 765 GWh20152016: 724 GWh20162017: 961 GWh20172018: 850 GWh2018961 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Queensland Gas 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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 26.7°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

19.8°Cannual mean temp
562heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,191cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
327 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 26 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 24 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 14 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 21 °CON: 23 °CND: 25 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 77% 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: 21/100 — 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 ~3% 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 #53 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 -26.6682, 150.27 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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