Santa Maria Batangas power station — Philippines

Santa Maria Batangas power station is a 1,260 MW gas power station in Calabarzon, Philippines. It ranks #4 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_santamariabatangas_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 1,260 MW, Santa Maria Batangas power station is well above the median gas plant in Philippines (650 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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 #3 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

• Saint Joseph Batangas power station · Gas · 600 MW · Calabarzon
• Calatagan Solar · Solar · 63.3 MW · Calabarzon
• Calaca power station · Coal · 900 MW · Calabarzon
• SLTEC Putting Bato · Coal · 270 MW · Calabarzon
• SLPGC · Coal · 300 MW · Calabarzon
• Vires Energy floating power plant · Gas · 450 MW · Central Luzon

Location

Coordinates 13.883937, 120.69816 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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