JCO Oxides Olefins Plant — United States of America

JCO Oxides Olefins Plant is a 73.8 MW gas power plant in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #3255 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 107,235 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 25k 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).

73.8MW installed capacity

1HRSG unit(s)

107,235t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

1992Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0054637.

Data status

Known data

FacilityJCO Oxides Olefins Plant WRI

CountryUnited States of America · Texas WRI

Coordinates29.9635, -93.9297 WRI

FuelGas WRI

MW installed capacity73.8 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity

Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified

OwnerIndorama Ventures WRI

Commissioned1992 WRI

TechnologyCCGT · Mitsubishi Power: M501JAC · HRSG WRI

Modelled source data

CO₂ emissions107,235 t CO₂·a⁻¹ modelled · Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#3255 / 10938 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#1246 / 2165 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.61× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated

Climate20.4°C · HDD 617 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC5 · 50/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 73.8 MW, JCO Oxides Olefins Plant is below the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Mitsubishi Power: M501JAC. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

~107,235 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

25kpassenger cars driven for a year

14khomes' yearly energy use

1.8 milliontree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1246 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Port Neches Plant · Gas · 38 MW · Texas
Port Arthur Texas Refinery · Gas · 38.4 MW · Texas
NAFTA Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac · Gas · 83.2 MW · Texas
Sabine · Gas · 1,811 MW · Texas
Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery · Gas · 258 MW · Texas
Air Products Port Arthur · Gas · 169.1 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 29.9635, -93.9297 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is JCO Oxides Olefins Plant?

JCO Oxides Olefins Plant is a 73.8 MW gas power plant in Texas, United States of America, Construction 1992.

How much CO₂ does JCO Oxides Olefins Plant emit?

JCO Oxides Olefins Plant has modelled emissions of about 107,235 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).

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