Hazle Spindle

Storage power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. Approximate location 40.9495, -76.0474.

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Hazle Spindle is a 20 MW storage power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is operated by Convergent Energy and Power LP. Based on reported annual generation of -14 GWh, it can supply roughly -3,942 homes. It ranks #3733 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

20MW installed capacity
-14GWh reported / yr
-3,942homes powered
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057716.

Reported generation trend

2016: 15 GWh20162017: 34 GWh20172018: -15 GWh20182019: -14 GWh201934 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Convergent Energy and Power LP. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This storage plant stores and releases electricity (pumped-hydro or batteries) to balance the grid. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.3°Cannual mean temp
3,638heating degree-days (base 18°C)
139cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
467 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -5 °CJF: -4 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: -1 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 48% 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: 79/100 — 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 #9 largest storage power plant of 104 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 104 storage power plants in this dataset, together about 816 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 40.9495, -76.0474 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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