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Kemerton

Gas power plant in Western Australia, Australia. Approximate location -33.1633, 115.7805.

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Kemerton is a 261 MW gas power station in Western Australia, Australia. It is operated by Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund. Based on reported annual generation of 70 GWh, it can supply roughly 19,857 homes. It ranks #65 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 447,250 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 104,254 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

261MW installed capacity
70GWh reported / yr
19,857homes powered
447,250t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000211.

447,250 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

104,254passenger cars driven for a year
58,327homes' yearly energy use
7,454,167tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2014: 79 GWh20142015: 84 GWh20152016: 120 GWh20162017: 108 GWh20172018: 70 GWh2018120 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund.

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-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 33.2°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

16.5°Cannual mean temp
970heating degree-days (base 18°C)
403cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
181 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 22 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 21 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 12 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 14 °CON: 17 °CND: 20 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 61% 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: 26/100 — 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 ~1% 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 #27 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.

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Location

Coordinates -33.1633, 115.7805 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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