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Ingleside Cogeneration

Gas power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 27.8828, -97.2428.

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Ingleside Cogeneration is a 517 MW gas power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Ingleside Cogeneration LP. Based on reported annual generation of 2,996 GWh, it can supply roughly 856,000 homes. It ranks #715 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1999, it is around 27 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 587,780 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 137,012 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).

517MW installed capacity
2,996GWh reported / yr
856,000homes powered
587,780t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1999commissioned (~27 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055313.

587,780 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

137,012passenger cars driven for a year
76,654homes' yearly energy use
9,796,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 3,034 GWh20132014: 3,052 GWh20142015: 2,962 GWh20152016: 3,008 GWh20162017: 2,552 GWh20172018: 2,596 GWh20182019: 2,996 GWh20193k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Ingleside Cogeneration LP.

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 27.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.7°Cannual mean temp
336heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,718cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
3 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 25 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 24 °CON: 19 °CND: 15 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 86% 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: 18/100 — 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 ~5% 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 #424 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 27.8828, -97.2428 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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