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PACERM-1

Oil power plant in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Approximate location 8.5577, 124.508.

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PACERM-1 is a 10 MW oil power plant in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. It is operated by PACERM-1 Energy Corporation. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 7,884 homes (estimated). It ranks #99 of 123 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 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).

10MW installed capacity
7,884homes powered (est.)
2016commissioned (~10 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1030491.

~20,696 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

4,824passenger cars driven for a year
2,699homes' yearly energy use
344,925tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

MALAYA: 650 MW650MALAYALIMAY CCGT: 620 MW620LIMAY CCGTBAUANG DPP: 235 MW235BAUANG DPPSUBIC DPP: 116 MW116SUBIC DPPWMPC: 113 MW113WMPCSPPC: 59 MW59SPPCBAJADA DPP: 59 MW59BAJADA DPPCEBU DPP (Salcon): 43 MW43CEBU DPP (…

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

Owner

Operated by PACERM-1 Energy 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 8.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.9°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,268cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
148 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 26 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 28 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 27 °CON: 27 °CND: 26 °CD28 °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.

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 #14 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.

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Location

Coordinates 8.5577, 124.508 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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