NAC DPP

NAC DPP is a 11 MW oil power plant in Caraga, Philippines. It is operated by Nickel Asia Corporation. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 8,184 homes (estimated). It ranks #97 of 123 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 0.8% of Philippines's electricity; the national grid averages 588 gCO₂/kWh (23.3% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1030490.

~21,484 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 30% load factor × a typical oil emission factor (~750 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 oil plants in Philippines

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

Owner

Operated by Nickel Asia Corporation.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 9.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

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.

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 #13 largest oil power plant of 17 in Philippines by capacity.

Philippines has 17 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 2,056 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Balingasag power station · Coal · 165 MW · Northern Mindanao
• Kirahon · Solar · 13 MW · Northern Mindanao
• Mindanao Steag power station · Coal · 232 MW · Northern Mindanao
• Misamis Oriental power station · Coal · 405 MW · Northern Mindanao
• Sepalco · Solar · 45 MW · Eastern Visayas
• PACERM-1 · Oil · 10 MW · Northern Mindanao

Location

Coordinates 9.7189, 125.5081 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.