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Evander Andrews Power Complex

Gas power plant in Idaho, United States of America. Approximate location 43.1792, -115.7343.

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Evander Andrews Power Complex is a 271 MW gas power station in Idaho, United States of America. It is operated by Idaho Power Co. Based on reported annual generation of 295 GWh, it can supply roughly 84,228 homes. It ranks #1030 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. 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).

271MW installed capacity
295GWh reported / yr
84,228homes powered
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007953.

~117,920 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

27,487passenger cars driven for a year
15,378homes' yearly energy use
1,965,333tree 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: 200 GWh20132014: 55 GWh20142015: 255 GWh20152016: 198 GWh20162017: 66 GWh20172018: 128 GWh20182019: 295 GWh2019295 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Idaho Power Co. All plants by this company →

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 hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.3°Cannual mean temp
3,108heating degree-days (base 18°C)
328cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
989 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 11 °CON: 4 °CND: -1 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 26% 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: 66/100 — 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.

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 #613 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 43.1792, -115.7343 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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