Vires Energy floating power plant — Philippines

Vires Energy floating power plant is a 450 MW gas power station in Central Luzon, Philippines. It ranks #40 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_viresfloating_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 450 MW, Vires Energy floating power plant is below the median gas plant in Philippines (650 MW). 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 #22 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

• STA RITA · Gas · 1,094.8 MW · Calabarzon
• San Gabriel · Gas · 420 MW · Calabarzon
• Avion · Gas · 100 MW · Calabarzon
• Stellar power station · Gas · 1,250 MW · Calabarzon
• Batangas Clean Energy power station · Gas · 1,100 MW · Batangas
• Batangas power station · Coal · 600 MW · Batangas

Location

Coordinates 13.727338, 120.996087 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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