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Ceredo Generating Station

Gas power plant in West Virginia, United States of America. Approximate location 38.3681, -82.5339.

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Ceredo Generating Station is a 519 MW gas power station in West Virginia, United States of America. It is operated by Appalachian Power Co. Based on reported annual generation of 364 GWh, it can supply roughly 103,885 homes. It ranks #714 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 years old — relatively modern. 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).

519MW installed capacity
364GWh reported / yr
103,885homes powered
2001commissioned (~25 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055276.

~145,440 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

33,902passenger cars driven for a year
18,967homes' yearly energy use
2,424,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2013: 41 GWh20132014: 164 GWh20142015: 103 GWh20152016: 111 GWh20162017: 156 GWh20172018: 155 GWh20182019: 364 GWh2019364 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Appalachian Power Co. 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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.3°Cannual mean temp
2,516heating degree-days (base 18°C)
468cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
254 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 13 °CON: 8 °CND: 2 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 2% 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: 51/100 — 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 #423 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 38.3681, -82.5339 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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