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Fayette Energy Facility

Gas power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. Approximate location 39.8592, -79.9182.

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Fayette Energy Facility is a 644 MW gas power station in Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is operated by Dynegy Fayette Energy Facility. Based on reported annual generation of 5,047 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,442,114 homes. It ranks #564 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 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).

644MW installed capacity
5,047GWh reported / yr
1,442,114homes powered
2003commissioned (~23 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055516.

~2,018,960 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

470,620passenger cars driven for a year
263,297homes' yearly energy use
33,649,333tree 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: 4,040 GWh20132014: 4,462 GWh20142015: 5,244 GWh20152016: 4,607 GWh20162017: 4,082 GWh20172018: 4,722 GWh20182019: 5,047 GWh20195k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Dynegy Fayette Energy Facility.

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 39.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.8°Cannual mean temp
2,906heating degree-days (base 18°C)
311cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
325 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 12 °CON: 6 °CND: 1 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 18% 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: 60/100 — 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 #315 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 39.8592, -79.9182 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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