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Indeck Olean Energy Center

Gas power plant in New York, United States of America. Approximate location 42.0859, -78.4543.

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Indeck Olean Energy Center is a 91 MW gas power plant in New York, United States of America. It is operated by Indeck-Olean Ltd Partnership. Based on reported annual generation of 117 GWh, it can supply roughly 33,314 homes. It ranks #2092 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1994, it is around 32 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 17,796 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 4,148 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).

91MW installed capacity
117GWh reported / yr
33,314homes powered
17,796t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1994commissioned (~32 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0054076.

17,796 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

4,148passenger cars driven for a year
2,321homes' yearly energy use
296,600tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2013: 142 GWh20132014: 333 GWh20142015: 386 GWh20152016: 121 GWh20162017: 83 GWh20172018: 131 GWh20182019: 117 GWh2019386 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Indeck-Olean Ltd Partnership.

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 42.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.0°Cannual mean temp
4,035heating degree-days (base 18°C)
48cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
533 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -5 °CFM: 0 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 8 °CON: 3 °CND: -3 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 64% 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: 85/100 — 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 #912 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 42.0859, -78.4543 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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