Bluffview

Gas power plant in New Mexico, United States of America. Approximate location 36.7166, -108.2153.

GasNew MexicoUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Bluffview is a 67 MW gas power plant in New Mexico, United States of America. It is operated by City of Farmington - (NM). Based on reported annual generation of 399 GWh, it can supply roughly 113,914 homes. It ranks #2433 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 195,224 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 45,507 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).

67MW installed capacity
399GWh reported / yr
113,914homes powered
195,224t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055977.

195,224 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

45,507passenger cars driven for a year
25,460homes' yearly energy use
3,253,733tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 351 GWh20132014: 329 GWh20142015: 332 GWh20152016: 423 GWh20162017: 418 GWh20172018: 372 GWh20182019: 399 GWh2019423 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by City of Farmington - (NM). All plants by this company →

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.

10.8°Cannual mean temp
2,982heating degree-days (base 18°C)
374cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,801 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 11 °CON: 4 °CND: -1 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 21% 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: 62/100 — 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 #990 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 36.7166, -108.2153 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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