Genesis Alkali

Coal power plant in Wyoming, United States of America. Approximate location 41.6217, -109.8119.

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Genesis Alkali is a 41 MW coal power plant in Wyoming, United States of America. It is operated by Genesis Alkali LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 286 GWh, it can supply roughly 81,828 homes. It ranks #2981 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

41MW installed capacity
286GWh reported / yr
81,828homes powered
1969commissioned (~57 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057915.

~286,400 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

66,760passenger cars driven for a year
37,350homes' yearly energy use
4,773,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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: 279 GWh20132014: 298 GWh20142015: 275 GWh20152016: 277 GWh20162017: 272 GWh20172018: 304 GWh20182019: 286 GWh2019304 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Genesis Alkali LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

5.3°Cannual mean temp
4,654heating degree-days (base 18°C)
42cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,922 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -8 °CJF: -5 °CFM: 0 °CMA: 5 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 6 °CON: -2 °CND: -7 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 89% 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: 92/100 — 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.

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 #257 largest coal power plant of 286 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 286 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 249,149 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.6217, -109.8119 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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