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Kirahon

Solar power plant in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Approximate location 8.556, 124.787.

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Kirahon is a 13 MW solar power plant in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 5,361 homes (estimated). It ranks #95 of 123 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 2.4% of Philippines's electricity; the national grid averages 588 gCO₂/kWh (23.3% low-carbon) (2025).

13MW installed capacity
5,361homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WKS0061764.

Capacity vs largest solar plants in Philippines

Helios: 132 MW132HeliosConcepcion: 100 MW100ConcepcionCalatagan Solar: 63 MW63Calatagan …First Toledo Solar: 60 MW60First Tole…Sacasun: 59 MW59SacasunPetrosolar: 50 MW50PetrosolarLabne: 50 MW50LabneTanauan: 50 MW50Tanauan

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

Local climate & thermal context

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 8.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.5°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,734cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
456 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 24 °CJF: 25 °CFM: 25 °CMA: 26 °CAM: 27 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 26 °CON: 25 °CND: 25 °CD27 °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.

Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 0.6% at warm-season highs here (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 #28 largest solar power plant of 48 in Philippines by capacity.

Philippines has 48 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 1,196 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 8.556, 124.787 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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