Gas power plant in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Guyana. Approximate location 6.702742, -58.20634.
GasEssequibo Islands-West DemeraraGuyanaCCGT · HRSGSiemens Energy: SST-400, Siemens Energy: SGT-800, Siemens EnConstruction
Wales power station is a 600 MW gas power station in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Guyana. It is operated by Guyana Power and Light Inc [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 676k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 6 Guyana power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 0.7% of Guyana's electricity; the national grid averages 645 gCO₂/kWh (2.9% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_wales_guyana.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy: SST-400, Siemens Energy: SGT-800, Siemens En. Its current lifecycle status is “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.
Operated by Guyana Power and Light Inc [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 6.7°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
Guyana has 1 gas power plant in this dataset, together about 600 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 6.702742, -58.20634 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Wales power station is a 600 MW gas power plant in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Guyana, Construction 2026.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 675,771 homes (estimated).
Wales power station is operated by Guyana Power and Light Inc [100%].
