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Gardner Energy Center

Gas power plant in Kansas, United States of America. Approximate location 38.8308, -94.8903.

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Gardner Energy Center is a 39 MW gas power plant in Kansas, United States of America. It is operated by City of Gardner - (KS). Based on reported annual generation of 0 GWh, it can supply roughly 28 homes. It ranks #3038 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1990, it is around 36 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 56,962 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 13,278 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).

39MW installed capacity
0GWh reported / yr
28homes powered
56,962t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1990commissioned (~36 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007281.

56,962 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

13,278passenger cars driven for a year
7,429homes' yearly energy use
949,367tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 0 GWh20132014: 0 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 0 GWh20190 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by City of Gardner - (KS).

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 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
2,670heating degree-days (base 18°C)
660cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
321 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 6 °CND: 0 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 9% 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: 54/100 — 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 #1164 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 38.8308, -94.8903 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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