Santa Cruz power station (Philippines)

Santa Cruz power station (Philippines) is a 82 MW coal power plant in Davao del Sur, Philippines. It is operated by San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 103k homes (estimated). It ranks #108 of 186 Philippines power plants by installed capacity. 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 GEM_coa_santacruzphilippines_phili.

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 82 MW, Santa Cruz power station (Philippines) is below the median coal plant in Philippines (300 MW). 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

0.4% of 18,322 MW across 50 plants in this dataset

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 San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 6.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #44 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

• Davao Therma South power station · Coal · 300 MW · Davao
• Digos Solar · Solar · 28.6 MW · Davao
• BAJADA DPP · Oil · 58.7 MW · Davao
• PB 104 · Oil · 32 MW · Davao
• MT APO · Geothermal · 109 MW · Soccsksargen
• Davao San Miguel power station · Coal · 300 MW · Davao

Location

Coordinates 6.847904, 125.418141 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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