Columbia Energy Center (SC) — United States of America

Columbia Energy Center (SC) is a 668.5 MW gas power station in South Carolina, United States of America. It ranks #1001 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055386.

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: GEM · 2026 · L100000401848; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 668.5 MW, Columbia Energy Center (SC) is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #428 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Otarre Solar Park · Solar · 1.6 MW · South Carolina
• Coit GT · Gas · 39.2 MW · South Carolina
• Gaston II · Solar · 7.5 MW · South Carolina
• Gaston Solar I - SC · Solar · 10.2 MW · South Carolina
• Columbia Canal Hydro · Hydro · 10.6 MW · South Carolina
• Swamp Fox Solar · Solar · 10.8 MW · South Carolina

Location

Coordinates 33.8697, -81.0178 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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