Birdsboro Power

Gas power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. Approximate location 40.2685, -75.7997.

GasPennsylvaniaUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Birdsboro Power is a 525 MW gas power station in Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is operated by Birdsboro Power LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 2,186 GWh, it can supply roughly 624,657 homes. It ranks #709 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. Its measured emissions of 1,114,143 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 259,707 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).

525MW installed capacity
2,186GWh reported / yr
624,657homes powered
1,114,143t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2019commissioned (~7 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0061035.

1,114,143 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

259,707passenger cars driven for a year
145,298homes' yearly energy use
18,569,050tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Capacity vs largest gas plants in United States of America

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Birdsboro Power 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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.0°Cannual mean temp
2,921heating degree-days (base 18°C)
377cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
129 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 12 °CON: 7 °CND: 1 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 19% 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: 60/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #419 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 40.2685, -75.7997 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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