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Decorative Panels Intl

Gas power plant in Michigan, United States of America. Approximate location 45.0628, -83.4233.

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Decorative Panels Intl is a 8 MW gas power plant in Michigan, United States of America. It is operated by Decorative Panels International Inc.. Based on reported annual generation of 51 GWh, it can supply roughly 14,485 homes. It ranks #5053 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1957, it is around 69 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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).

8MW installed capacity
51GWh reported / yr
14,485homes powered
1957commissioned (~69 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0010149.

~20,280 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

4,727passenger cars driven for a year
2,645homes' yearly energy use
338,000tree 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: 49 GWh20132014: 49 GWh20142015: 44 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 51 GWh201951 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Decorative Panels International Inc..

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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.2°Cannual mean temp
3,994heating degree-days (base 18°C)
76cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
175 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -5 °CJF: -4 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 4 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: -1 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 62% 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: 84/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #1485 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 45.0628, -83.4233 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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