Hinesburg

Hinesburg is a 2 MW storage power plant in Vermont, United States of America. It is operated by Viridity Energy Solutions Inc.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 475 homes (estimated). It ranks #8221 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0062907.

Capacity vs largest storage plants in United States of America

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Viridity Energy Solutions Inc.. 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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 72% 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: 87/100 — 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 #79 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.

Nearby power plants

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• GMP Solar/Storage-Essex Hybrid · Solar · 6 MW · Vermont
• Claire Solar Farm · Solar · 2 MW · Vermont
• Chittenden County Solar Partners · Solar · 2 MW · Vermont

Location

Coordinates 44.3612, -73.0708 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.