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Weddell

Gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. Approximate location -12.5771, 130.9502.

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Weddell is a 86 MW gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by NT Power and Water. Based on reported annual generation of 364 GWh, it can supply roughly 104,000 homes. It ranks #173 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 189,020 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 44,061 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

86MW installed capacity
364GWh reported / yr
104,000homes powered
189,020t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000260.

189,020 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

44,061passenger cars driven for a year
24,650homes' yearly energy use
3,150,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2013: 325 GWh20132014: 346 GWh20142015: 438 GWh20152016: 431 GWh20162017: 380 GWh20172018: 364 GWh2018438 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by NT Power and Water.

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 savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 12.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.2°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,363cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
34 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 28 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 29 °CON: 29 °CND: 29 °CD29 °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 ~9% 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 #69 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 -12.5771, 130.9502 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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