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Fitzroy Crossing

Gas power plant in Western Australia, Australia. Approximate location -18.1956, 125.5597.

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Fitzroy Crossing is a 4 MW gas power plant in Western Australia, Australia. It is operated by Energy Developments Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 15 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,228 homes. It ranks #419 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).

4MW installed capacity
15GWh reported / yr
4,228homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000367.

~5,920 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,380passenger cars driven for a year
772homes' yearly energy use
98,667tree 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

2013: 15 GWh20132014: 14 GWh20142015: 14 GWh20152016: 15 GWh20162017: 14 GWh20172018: 15 GWh201815 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Energy Developments Ltd. 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 semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 18.2°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.9°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,594cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
112 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 31 °CJF: 30 °CFM: 30 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 25 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 31 °CON: 32 °CND: 32 °CD32 °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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~9% 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 #133 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.

Location

Coordinates -18.1956, 125.5597 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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