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Elliott

Oil power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. Approximate location -17.5504, 133.5393.

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Elliott is a 1 MW oil power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by Territory Generation. Based on reported annual generation of 3 GWh, it can supply roughly 800 homes. It ranks #496 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 2.2% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

1MW installed capacity
3GWh reported / yr
800homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000488.

~2,100 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

490passenger cars driven for a year
274homes' yearly energy use
35,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical oil emission factor (~750 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

2016: 3 GWh20162017: 3 GWh20172018: 3 GWh20183 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Territory Generation.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 17.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.5°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,098cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
219 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 31 °CJF: 30 °CFM: 29 °CMA: 27 °CAM: 23 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 29 °CON: 31 °CND: 31 °CD31 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% 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: 13/100 — 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.

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 #41 largest oil power plant of 46 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 46 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,476 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -17.5504, 133.5393 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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