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Olorunsogo II

Gas power plant in Ogun, Nigeria. Approximate location 6.8982, 3.2041.

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Olorunsogo II is a 750 MW gas power station in Ogun, Nigeria. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 844,714 homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 13 Nigeria power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 68.7% of Nigeria's electricity; the national grid averages 456 gCO₂/kWh (31.3% low-carbon) (2025).

750MW installed capacity
844,714homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000031.

~1,182,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

275,664passenger cars driven for a year
154,225homes' yearly energy use
19,710,000tree 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 Nigeria

Alaoji: 1,074 MW1kAlaojiOlorunsogo II: 750 MW750Olorunsogo…Calabar: 561 MW561CalabarOmotosho II: 500 MW500Omotosho IIIhovbor: 450 MW450IhovborSapele: 450 MW450SapeleGbarain: 225 MW225GbarainIbom Power: 190 MW190Ibom Power

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 6.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.0°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,263cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
51 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 27 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 29 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 27 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 26 °CON: 27 °CND: 27 °CD29 °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 #2 largest gas power plant of 9 in Nigeria by capacity.

Nigeria has 9 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 4,350 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 6.8982, 3.2041 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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