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Fremont Energy Center

Gas power plant in Ohio, United States of America. Approximate location 41.3771, -83.1614.

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Fremont Energy Center is a 740 MW gas power station in Ohio, United States of America. It is operated by American Mun Power-Ohio Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 1,905 GWh, it can supply roughly 544,400 homes. It ranks #464 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 938,640 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 218,797 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).

740MW installed capacity
1,905GWh reported / yr
544,400homes powered
938,640t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2012commissioned (~14 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055701.

938,640 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

218,797passenger cars driven for a year
122,410homes' yearly energy use
15,644,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2013: 2,688 GWh20132014: 2,311 GWh20142015: 2,242 GWh20152016: 1,718 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 1,905 GWh20193k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by American Mun Power-Ohio Inc. 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 humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.8°Cannual mean temp
3,297heating degree-days (base 18°C)
323cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
212 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -3 °CFM: 3 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 11 °CON: 5 °CND: -1 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% 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: 71/100 — 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 #238 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 41.3771, -83.1614 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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