HVCC Cogen Plant

Gas power plant in New York, United States of America. Approximate location 42.6969, -73.68.

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HVCC Cogen Plant is a 8 MW gas power plant in New York, United States of America. It is operated by Hudson Valley Community College. Based on reported annual generation of 12 GWh, it can supply roughly 3,571 homes. It ranks #4930 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. 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).

8MW installed capacity
12GWh reported / yr
3,571homes powered
2004commissioned (~22 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058186.

~5,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,166passenger cars driven for a year
652homes' yearly energy use
83,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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: 15 GWh20132014: 14 GWh20142015: 15 GWh20152016: 15 GWh20162017: 13 GWh20172018: 13 GWh20182019: 12 GWh201915 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Hudson Valley Community College.

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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.0°Cannual mean temp
3,799heating degree-days (base 18°C)
161cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
210 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -5 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: -3 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 55% 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: 81/100 — 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.

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 #1471 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 42.6969, -73.68 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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