Baxter Wilson — United States of America

Baxter Wilson is a 544.6 MW gas power station in Mississippi, United States of America. It ranks #1158 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0002050.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 544.6 MW, Baxter Wilson is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Mitsubishi Power: M501JAC. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #549 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Ergon Refining Vicksburg · Gas · 4.8 MW · Mississippi
• International Paper Vicksburg Mill · Biomass · 50.5 MW · Mississippi
• Grand Gulf · Nuclear · 1,500 MW · Mississippi
• Hinds Energy Facility · Gas · 551.3 MW · Mississippi
• Rex Brown · Gas · 349.2 MW · Mississippi
• Mississippi Baptist Medical Center · Gas · 4.2 MW · Mississippi

Location

Coordinates 32.2831, -90.9306 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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