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Jurong Island - PLP CCGT Power Plant Singapore

Gas power plant in Singapore, Singapore. Approximate location 1.2843, 103.725.

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Jurong Island - PLP CCGT Power Plant Singapore is a 800 MW gas power station in Singapore, Singapore. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 901,028 homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 14 Singapore power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 91.1% of Singapore's electricity; the national grid averages 497 gCO₂/kWh (5.5% low-carbon) (2025).

800MW installed capacity
901,028homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0045352.

~1,261,440 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

294,042passenger cars driven for a year
164,507homes' yearly energy use
21,024,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Singapore

Senoko I-VII CCGT Power Plants Singapore: 2,807 MW3kSenoko I-V…PowerSeraya Pulau Seraya CCGT Cogen Power Plant Singapore: 1,540 MW2kPowerSeray…Tuas CCGT Power Station Singapore: 1,470 MW1kTuas CCGT …Keppel Merlimau Cogen Power Plant Singapore: 1,300 MW1kKeppel Mer…SembCorp Pulau Sakra CCGT Cogen Power Station Singapore: 1,215 MW1kSembCorp P…Jurong Island - PLP CCGT Power Plant Singapore: 800 MW800Jurong Isl…Pasir Panjang Gas Turbine Power Station Singapore: 210 MW210Pasir Panj…PowerSeraya OCGT Power Plant Singapore: 210 MW210PowerSeray…

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

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 tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 1.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.9°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,254cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
16 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 26 °CJF: 27 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 27 °CAM: 28 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 27 °CON: 26 °CND: 26 °CD28 °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 ~8% 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 #6 largest gas power plant of 8 in Singapore by capacity.

Singapore has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 9,552 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 1.2843, 103.725 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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