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Mallard Lake Electric — United States of America

Retired gas power-station site in Illinois, United States of America. Approximate location 41.9527, -88.1437.

GasIllinoisUnited States of AmericaRetired

Mallard Lake Electric is a retired gas power station in Illinois, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #4446 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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).

25MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1870.

Data status

Known data

FacilityMallard Lake Electric Climate TRACE

CountryUnited States of America · Illinois Climate TRACE

Coordinates41.9527, -88.1437 Climate TRACE

FuelGas Climate TRACE

MW installed capacity25 MW EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; retired/historical capacity

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#4446 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#1575 / 2165 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.21× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated

Climate9.7°C · HDD 3,401 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC3 · 36/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset

CommissionedNot available not in dataset

TechnologyNot available not in dataset

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 25 MW, Mallard Lake Electric is below the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1575 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.

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Location

Coordinates 41.9527, -88.1437 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Mallard Lake Electric?

Mallard Lake Electric was a gas-fired power station in Illinois, United States of America and was retired.

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