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Jeeralang A

Gas power plant in Victoria, Australia. Approximate location -38.2753, 146.4263.

GasVictoriaAustraliaOCGT

Jeeralang A is a 204 MW gas power station in Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Industry Funds Management Nominees Ltd Ecogen Holdings. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 230k homes (estimated). It ranks #99 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1979, it is around 47 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

204Source-backed capacity
229,762homes powered (est.)
1979commissioned (~47 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000088.

Data status

Known data

FacilityJeeralang A WRI
CountryAustralia · Victoria WRI
Coordinates-38.2753, 146.4263 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity204 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerIndustry Funds Management Nominees Ltd Ecogen Holdings WRI
Commissioned1979 WRI
TechnologyOCGT WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions321,667 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#99 of 536 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#52 of 163 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.92× · 106 MW median · 163 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent229,762 calculated
Climate12.1°C · HDD 2,166 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 29/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000405114); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 204 MW, Jeeralang A is well above the median gas plant in Australia (106 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Australia

Tomago Aluminium Smelter: 810 MW810Tomago Alu…Torrens Island B: 800 MW800Torrens Is…Marulan power station: 800 MW800Marulan po…Tallawarra: 796 MW796TallawarraKerrawary Power Station: 770 MW770Kerrawary …Callide Gas Peaker Power Plant: 750 MW750Callide Ga…Colongra: 724 MW724ColongraUranquinty: 664 MW664Uranquinty

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Industry Funds Management Nominees Ltd Ecogen Holdings.

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 38.3°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.1°Cannual mean temp
2,166heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
362 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 17 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 16 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 8 °CJJ: 7 °CJA: 8 °CAS: 9 °CSO: 11 °CON: 13 °CND: 15 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 12% 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: 45/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% 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.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
29/100environmental-severity index
10.1°Cseasonal temperature swing
62 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #52 largest gas power plant of 163 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 163 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,942 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates -38.2753, 146.4263 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Jeeralang A?

Jeeralang A is a 204 MW source-record gas power plant in Victoria, Australia, commissioned in 1979.

How many homes can Jeeralang A power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 229,762 homes (estimated).

Who operates Jeeralang A?

Jeeralang A is operated by Industry Funds Management Nominees Ltd Ecogen Holdings.

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