Fredonia — United States of America

Gas power plant in Washington, United States of America. Approximate location 48.4558, -122.4358.

GasWashingtonUnited States of AmericaOCGTMothballedCO₂ measured

Fredonia is a 376 MW gas power station in Washington, United States of America. It ranks #1415 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1989, it is around 37 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 641,257 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 149k cars driven for a year. 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).

376MW installed capacity
641,257t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1989commissioned (~37 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0000607.

Data status

Known data

FacilityFredonia WRI
CountryUnited States of America · Washington WRI
Coordinates48.4558, -122.4358 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity376 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerPuget Sound Energy Inc WRI
Commissioned1989 WRI
TechnologyOCGT WRI
CO₂ emissions641,257 t CO₂·a⁻¹ measured · US EPA GHGRP

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#1415 / 10884 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#697 / 2165 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers3.10× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated
Climate10.6°C · HDD 2,707 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 22/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 376 MW, Fredonia is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

641,257 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

12kmillion cubic feet of natural gas burned
149kgasoline cars driven for a year
641kacres of US forest absorbing CO₂ for a year
0.08%of the CO₂ from all United States of America power plants with an emissions figure in PowerAtlas

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per US EPA GHGRP (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #697 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 48.4558, -122.4358 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Fredonia?

Fredonia is a 376 MW gas power plant in Washington, United States of America, commissioned in 1989.

How much CO₂ does Fredonia emit?

Fredonia has measured emissions of about 641,257 tonnes of CO₂ per year (US EPA GHGRP).

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