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Philippines nuclear power plant

Nuclear power plant in Bulacan, Philippines. Approximate location 15.1016516, 121.1345941.

NuclearBulacanPhilippinesSTGR20gas-cooled reactorAnnounced

Philippines nuclear power plant is a 40 MW nuclear power plant in Bulacan, Philippines. It is operated by Kaizen ANZ Pty Ltd; Southern Infrastructure Pty Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 90k homes (estimated). It ranks #131 of 186 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% of Philippines's electricity; the national grid averages 588 gCO₂/kWh (23.3% low-carbon) (2025).

40MW installed capacity
90,102homes powered (est.)
2027Announced

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityPhilippines nuclear power plant GEM-nuclear
CountryPhilippines · Bulacan GEM-nuclear
Coordinates15.1016516, 121.1345941 GEM-nuclear
FuelNuclear GEM-nuclear
MW installed capacity40 MW GEM GNPT; source record
OwnerKaizen ANZ Pty Ltd; Southern Infrastructure Pty Ltd GEM-nuclear
Commissioned2027 GEM-nuclear
Technologygas-cooled reactor GEM-nuclear

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#131 / 186 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1 / 1 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent90,102 calculated
Environmental severityC5 · 48/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: GEM GNPT; fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as gas-cooled reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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

Owner

Operated by Kaizen ANZ Pty Ltd; Southern Infrastructure Pty Ltd.

Climate zone & how it works

This nuclear plant uses heat from nuclear fission to raise steam for a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 15.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season mean
Tropical rainforest: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C5ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
48/100environmental-severity index
3.7°Cseasonal temperature swing
39 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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

Philippines has 1 nuclear power plant in this dataset, together about 40 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 15.1016516, 121.1345941 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Philippines nuclear power plant?

Philippines nuclear power plant is a 40 MW nuclear power plant in Bulacan, Philippines, Announced 2027.

How many homes can Philippines nuclear power plant power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 90,102 homes (estimated).

Who operates Philippines nuclear power plant?

Philippines nuclear power plant is operated by Kaizen ANZ Pty Ltd; Southern Infrastructure Pty Ltd.

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