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Yulara

Gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. Approximate location -25.2323, 130.9912.

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Yulara is a 11 MW gas power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by NT Government. Based on reported annual generation of 20 GWh, it can supply roughly 5,600 homes. It ranks #360 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 16,495 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 3,845 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).

11MW installed capacity
20GWh reported / yr
5,600homes powered
16,495t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000257.

16,495 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

3,845passenger cars driven for a year
2,151homes' yearly energy use
274,917tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 22 GWh20132014: 23 GWh20142015: 24 GWh20152016: 23 GWh20162017: 20 GWh20172018: 20 GWh201824 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by NT Government. 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 hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 25.2°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.8°Cannual mean temp
467heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,829cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
508 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 30 °CJF: 29 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 22 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 14 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 23 °CON: 26 °CND: 28 °CD30 °C

Heating degree-days here run 81% 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: 20/100 — 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 ~5% 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 #124 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.

Location

Coordinates -25.2323, 130.9912 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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