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Tahmoor

Gas power plant in New South Wales, Australia. Approximate location -34.2482, 150.5808.

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Tahmoor is a 7 MW gas power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by EnviroGen Pty Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 33 GWh, it can supply roughly 9,428 homes. It ranks #389 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

7MW installed capacity
33GWh reported / yr
9,428homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000287.

~13,200 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

3,077passenger cars driven for a year
1,721homes' yearly energy use
220,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × 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.

Reported generation trend

2013: 30 GWh20132014: 34 GWh20142015: 46 GWh20152016: 39 GWh20162017: 28 GWh20172018: 33 GWh201846 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by EnviroGen Pty Ltd. All plants by this company →

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 34.2°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.3°Cannual mean temp
1,215heating degree-days (base 18°C)
210cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
320 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 20 °CJF: 20 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 10 °CJJ: 9 °CJA: 10 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 15 °CON: 17 °CND: 19 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 51% 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: 29/100 — 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 ~0% 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 #128 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 -34.2482, 150.5808 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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