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Mungarra

Gas power plant in Western Australia, Australia. Approximate location -28.8893, 115.1177.

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Mungarra is a 112 MW gas power station in Western Australia, Australia. It is operated by Verve Energy. Based on reported annual generation of 19 GWh, it can supply roughly 5,514 homes. It ranks #144 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 163,180 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 38,037 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).

112MW installed capacity
19GWh reported / yr
5,514homes powered
163,180t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000216.

163,180 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

38,037passenger cars driven for a year
21,281homes' yearly energy use
2,719,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 134 GWh20132014: 98 GWh20142015: 97 GWh20152016: 18 GWh20162017: 13 GWh20172018: 19 GWh2018134 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Verve Energy. All plants by this company →

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 28.9°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

19.6°Cannual mean temp
549heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,130cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
262 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 27 °CJF: 27 °CFM: 25 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 13 °CJA: 13 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 18 °CON: 21 °CND: 24 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 78% 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: 21/100 — 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 ~3% 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 #61 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 -28.8893, 115.1177 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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