Other power plant in Louisiana, United States of America. Approximate location 29.9383, -89.97.
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Chalmette Refining LLC is a 6 MW other power plant in Louisiana, United States of America. It is operated by Chalmette Refining LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 11 GWh, it can supply roughly 3.2k homes. It ranks #6529 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1990, it is around 36 years old — long-established. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050626.
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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: Wikidata P2109 nameplate capacity; fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 6 MW, Chalmette Refining LLC is below the median other plant in United States of America (22 MW). This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Chalmette Refining LLC.
This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 29.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 75% below 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: 22/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #18 largest other power plant of 19 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 19 other power plants in this dataset, together about 681 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 29.9383, -89.97 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Chalmette Refining LLC is a 6 MW source-record other power plant in Louisiana, United States of America, commissioned in 1990.
Chalmette Refining LLC generates about 11 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 3,228 homes.
Chalmette Refining LLC is operated by Chalmette Refining LLC.
