CP Crane Power, LLC — United States of America

CP Crane Power, LLC is a retired coal power station in Maryland, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #1346 of 10,884 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1740.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator dominant energy source

In context: how this plant compares

At 415.8 MW, CP Crane Power, LLC is below the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). 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 #453 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

• Crane Generating Station · Coal · 399.8 MW ·
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• General Motors Corp at White Marsh MD · Solar · 1 MW · Maryland
• APG Combined Heat and Power Plant · Gas · 7.9 MW · Maryland
• White Marsh Mall · Solar · 1.1 MW · Maryland
• Kingsville CSG · Solar · 2 MW · Maryland

Location

Coordinates 39.3236, -76.3651 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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