Jacks Gully is a 2 MW waste power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by Energy Developments LFG (NSW) Pty Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 13 GWh, it can supply roughly 3,657 homes. It ranks #451 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000039.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Energy Developments LFG (NSW) Pty Ltd. All plants by this company →
This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 34.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 64% 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: 25/100 — 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.
The #26 largest waste power plant of 50 in Australia by capacity.
Australia has 50 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 189 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -34.0734, 150.7427 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
