Pagbilao Combined Cycle power station — Philippines

Pagbilao Combined Cycle power station is a 650 MW gas power station in Calabarzon, Philippines. It ranks #25 of 186 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 17.3% 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 GOGPT_pagbilaocombinedcycle_philip.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 650 MW, Pagbilao Combined Cycle power station is around the median gas plant in Philippines (650 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy: SGT6-5000F, Siemens Energy: SGT6-5000F. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #15 largest gas power plant of 29 in Philippines by capacity.

Philippines has 29 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,154 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Pagbilao power station · Coal · 1,155 MW · Calabarzon
• Sariaya power station · Coal · 600 MW · Lucena
• Atimonan power station · Gas · 2,560 MW · Calabarzon
• Helios · Solar · 132.5 MW · Calabarzon
• San Francisco power station · Gas · 1,200 MW · Queson
• Quezon power station · Coal · 1,066 MW · Calabarzon

Location

Coordinates 13.8949, 121.752369 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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