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Pine Creek

Gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. Approximate location -13.7856, 131.8624.

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Pine Creek is a 35 MW gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by NGD (NT) / Cosmo Power. Based on reported annual generation of 165 GWh, it can supply roughly 47,171 homes. It ranks #265 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 23,497 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 5,477 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

35MW installed capacity
165GWh reported / yr
47,171homes powered
23,497t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000258.

23,497 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

5,477passenger cars driven for a year
3,064homes' yearly energy use
391,617tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2013: 159 GWh20132014: 173 GWh20142015: 181 GWh20152016: 191 GWh20162017: 181 GWh20172018: 165 GWh2018191 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by NGD (NT) / Cosmo Power.

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) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 13.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.3°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,374cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
163 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 28 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 30 °CON: 30 °CND: 29 °CD30 °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 ~9% 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 #96 largest gas power plant of 142 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 142 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 21,303 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -13.7856, 131.8624 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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