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Newport

Gas power plant in Victoria, Australia. Approximate location -37.8415, 144.8942.

GasVictoriaAustraliaCO₂ reported

Newport is a 500 MW gas power station in Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Industry Funds Management. Based on reported annual generation of 1,019 GWh, it can supply roughly 291,028 homes. It ranks #32 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 244,077 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 56,894 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).

500MW installed capacity
1,019GWh reported / yr
291,028homes powered
244,077t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000094.

244,077 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

56,894passenger cars driven for a year
31,831homes' yearly energy use
4,067,950tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 185 GWh20132014: 219 GWh20142015: 95 GWh20152016: 332 GWh20162017: 322 GWh20172018: 1,019 GWh20181k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Industry Funds Management.

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 37.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

14.9°Cannual mean temp
1,283heating degree-days (base 18°C)
143cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
11 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 20 °CJF: 20 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 10 °CJJ: 10 °CJA: 11 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 14 °CON: 16 °CND: 18 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 48% 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: 30/100 — 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 ~0% 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 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 -37.8415, 144.8942 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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