Hagood

Gas power plant in South Carolina, United States of America. Approximate location 32.8265, -79.9634.

GasSouth CarolinaUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Hagood is a 177 MW gas power station in South Carolina, United States of America. It is operated by Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 13 GWh, it can supply roughly 3,771 homes. It ranks #1372 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1996, it is around 30 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 257,640 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 60,056 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).

177MW installed capacity
13GWh reported / yr
3,771homes powered
257,640t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1996commissioned (~30 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0003285.

257,640 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

60,056passenger cars driven for a year
33,599homes' yearly energy use
4,294,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 33 GWh20132014: 29 GWh20142015: 26 GWh20152016: 28 GWh20162017: 32 GWh20172018: 24 GWh20182019: 13 GWh201933 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Dominion Energy South Carolina 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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.7°Cannual mean temp
897heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,183cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
4 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 9 °CJF: 11 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 20 °CON: 15 °CND: 11 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 64% below 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: 25/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 ~3% 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 #717 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 32.8265, -79.9634 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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