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Mann

Gas power plant in Magway, Myanmar. Approximate location 21.19, 94.803.

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Mann is a 37 MW gas power plant in Magway, Myanmar. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 41,559 homes (estimated). It ranks #25 of 35 Myanmar power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1978, it is around 48 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 46.1% of Myanmar's electricity; the national grid averages 503 gCO₂/kWh (47.9% low-carbon) (2024).

37MW installed capacity
41,559homes powered (est.)
1978commissioned (~48 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061359.

~58,184 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

13,563passenger cars driven for a year
7,588homes' yearly energy use
969,732tree 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 Myanmar

Ngam Tae: 230 MW230Ngam TaeAhlone: 154 MW154AhloneHlawga: 154 MW154HlawgaKyaukse: 102 MW102KyaukseThakayta: 92 MW92ThakaytaYwama: 70 MW70YwamaShwedaung: 55 MW55ShwedaungKyunchaung: 54 MW54Kyunchaung

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 savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.1°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,332cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
142 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 22 °CJF: 24 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 32 °CAM: 31 °CMJ: 29 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 27 °CON: 25 °CND: 22 °CD32 °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 #10 largest gas power plant of 12 in Myanmar by capacity.

Myanmar has 12 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,047 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 21.19, 94.803 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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