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Bridgeport Fuel Cell LLC

Gas power plant in Connecticut, United States of America. Approximate location 41.1681, -73.2111.

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Bridgeport Fuel Cell LLC is a 17 MW gas power plant in Connecticut, United States of America. It is operated by Bridgeport Fuel Cell LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 106 GWh, it can supply roughly 30,342 homes. It ranks #4018 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 1,012,876 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 236,102 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).

17MW installed capacity
106GWh reported / yr
30,342homes powered
1,012,876t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2014commissioned (~12 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058551.

1,012,876 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

236,102passenger cars driven for a year
132,091homes' yearly energy use
16,881,267tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 0 GWh20132014: 118 GWh20142015: 106 GWh20152016: 89 GWh20162017: 112 GWh20172018: 94 GWh20182019: 106 GWh2019118 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Bridgeport Fuel Cell 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 41.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.2°Cannual mean temp
2,817heating degree-days (base 18°C)
367cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
3 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 14 °CON: 8 °CND: 3 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 15% 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: 57/100 — 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 #1340 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 41.1681, -73.2111 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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