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Ada Cogeneration LP

Gas power plant in Michigan, United States of America. Approximate location 42.9627, -85.4941.

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Ada Cogeneration LP is a 33 MW gas power plant in Michigan, United States of America. It is operated by Ada Cogeneration Ltd Partnership. Based on reported annual generation of 137 GWh, it can supply roughly 39,171 homes. It ranks #3183 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1990, it is around 36 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 34,357 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 8,009 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

33MW installed capacity
137GWh reported / yr
39,171homes powered
34,357t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1990commissioned (~36 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0010819.

34,357 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

8,009passenger cars driven for a year
4,481homes' yearly energy use
572,617tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 181 GWh20132014: 203 GWh20142015: 167 GWh20152016: 162 GWh20162017: 166 GWh20172018: 184 GWh20182019: 137 GWh2019203 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Ada Cogeneration Ltd Partnership.

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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.5°Cannual mean temp
3,677heating degree-days (base 18°C)
216cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
238 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -4 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: -2 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 50% above 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: 79/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #1202 largest gas power plant of 1818 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1818 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 546,436 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 42.9627, -85.4941 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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