Pagbilao power station — Philippines

Pagbilao power station is a 1,155 MW coal power station in Calabarzon, Philippines. It is operated by Team Energy Corp Therma Power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.4 million homes (estimated). It ranks #14 of 186 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 58.7% 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 WRI1001869.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103166; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,155 MW, Pagbilao power station is well above the median coal plant in Philippines (300 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

Key facts

Share of Philippines coal capacity

6.3% of 18,322 MW across 50 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

5 of 28 dated coal plants in Philippines are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Philippines

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

Owner

Operated by Team Energy Corp Therma Power.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 13.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest coal power plant of 50 in Philippines by capacity.

Philippines has 50 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 18,322 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Pagbilao Combined Cycle power station · Gas · 650 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 13.8932, 121.745 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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