Edwardsport

Coal power plant in Indiana, United States of America. Approximate location 38.8067, -87.2472.

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Edwardsport is a 804 MW coal power station in Indiana, United States of America. It is operated by Duke Energy Indiana LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 3,982 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,137,685 homes. It ranks #425 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. 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).

804MW installed capacity
3,982GWh reported / yr
1,137,685homes powered
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0001004.

~3,981,900 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

928,182passenger cars driven for a year
519,288homes' yearly energy use
66,365,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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: 1,052 GWh20132014: 2,179 GWh20142015: 3,108 GWh20152016: 3,092 GWh20162017: 3,969 GWh20172018: 3,962 GWh20182019: 3,982 GWh20194k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Duke Energy Indiana LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.4°Cannual mean temp
2,628heating degree-days (base 18°C)
589cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
149 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 7 °CND: 1 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 7% 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: 53/100 — 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.

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 #123 largest coal power plant of 286 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 286 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 249,149 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 38.8067, -87.2472 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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