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STA RITA

Gas power plant in Calabarzon, Philippines. Approximate location 13.7703, 121.035.

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STA RITA is a 1,060 MW gas power station in Calabarzon, Philippines. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,193,862 homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 123 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).

1,060MW installed capacity
1,193,862homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1001885.

~1,671,408 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

389,606passenger cars driven for a year
217,972homes' yearly energy use
27,856,800tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Philippines

ILIJAN: 1,271 MW1kILIJANSTA RITA: 1,060 MW1kSTA RITASAN LORENZO: 530 MW530SAN LORENZOSan Gabriel: 450 MW450San GabrielAvion: 100 MW100Avion

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

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 monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 13.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.8°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,223cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
129 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 25 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 28 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 27 °CON: 26 °CND: 26 °CD28 °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 ~8% 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 #2 largest gas power plant of 5 in Philippines by capacity.

Philippines has 5 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 3,411 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 13.7703, 121.035 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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