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Klamath Expansion Project

Gas power plant in Oregon, United States of America. Approximate location 42.1727, -121.8144.

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Klamath Expansion Project is a 118 MW gas power station in Oregon, United States of America. It is operated by Klamath Energy LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 82 GWh, it can supply roughly 23,457 homes. It ranks #1767 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 100,828 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 23,503 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).

118MW installed capacity
82GWh reported / yr
23,457homes powered
100,828t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2002commissioned (~24 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055544.

100,828 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

23,503passenger cars driven for a year
13,149homes' yearly energy use
1,680,467tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 47 GWh20132014: 35 GWh20142015: 31 GWh20152016: 49 GWh20162017: 66 GWh20172018: 42 GWh20182019: 82 GWh201982 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Klamath Energy LLC. All plants by this company →

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 Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.3°Cannual mean temp
3,546heating degree-days (base 18°C)
28cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,261 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 10 °CON: 3 °CND: -1 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 44% 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: 77/100 — 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 #836 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 42.1727, -121.8144 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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