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Algonquin Power Sanger LLC

Gas power plant in California, United States of America. Approximate location 36.6842, -119.5522.

GasCaliforniaUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Algonquin Power Sanger LLC is a 62 MW gas power plant in California, United States of America. It is operated by Algonquin Power Sanger LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 75 GWh, it can supply roughly 21,342 homes. It ranks #2501 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 8,237 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 1,920 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).

62MW installed capacity
75GWh reported / yr
21,342homes powered
8,237t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2008commissioned (~18 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057564.

8,237 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,920passenger cars driven for a year
1,074homes' yearly energy use
137,283tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2013: 139 GWh20132014: 135 GWh20142015: 131 GWh20152016: 120 GWh20162017: 89 GWh20172018: 176 GWh20182019: 75 GWh2019176 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Algonquin Power Sanger LLC.

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 cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.4°Cannual mean temp
1,220heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,008cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
110 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 11 °CFM: 13 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 20 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 18 °CON: 12 °CND: 8 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 50% 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: 29/100 — 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 ~2% 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 #1006 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 36.6842, -119.5522 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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