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C R Huntley Generating Station — United States of America

Retired coal power-station site in New York, United States of America. Approximate location 42.97, -78.93.

CoalNew YorkUnited States of AmericasubcriticalRetired

C R Huntley Generating Station is a retired coal power station in New York, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #863 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

780MW installed capacity
1942commissioned (~84 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1799.

Data status

Known data

FacilityC R Huntley Generating Station Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States of America · New York Climate TRACE
Coordinates42.97, -78.93 Climate TRACE
FuelCoal Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity780 MW EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; retired/historical capacity
OwnerNRG Energy Inc [100%] Climate TRACE
Commissioned1942 Climate TRACE
Technologysubcritical Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#863 / 10938 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#299 / 802 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.40× · 558 MW · n=802 calculated
Climate8.9°C · HDD 3,547 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 34/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

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: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 780 MW, C R Huntley Generating Station is well above the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #299 largest coal power plant of 802 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 802 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 621,194 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 42.97, -78.93 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is C R Huntley Generating Station?

C R Huntley Generating Station was a coal-fired power station in New York, United States of America and was retired.

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