Petcoke power plant in Michigan, United States of America. Approximate location 45.0699, -83.4082.
PetcokeMichiganUnited States of America
Alpena Cement Plant is a 47 MW petcoke power plant in Michigan, United States of America. It is operated by Lafarge Corp. Based on reported annual generation of 171 GWh, it can supply roughly 49k homes. It ranks #3817 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1974, it is around 52 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050305.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: Wikidata P2109 nameplate capacity; fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 47 MW, Alpena Cement Plant is below the median petcoke plant in United States of America (68 MW). This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Lafarge Corp.
This petcoke plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 62% 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: 84/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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.
The #7 largest petcoke power plant of 11 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 11 petcoke power plants in this dataset, together about 2,366 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 45.0699, -83.4082 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Alpena Cement Plant is a 47 MW source-record petcoke power plant in Michigan, United States of America, commissioned in 1974.
Alpena Cement Plant generates about 171 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 48,800 homes.
Alpena Cement Plant is operated by Lafarge Corp.
