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Maple Creek Energy Project

Gas power plant in Indiana, United States of America. Approximate location 39.209578, -87.527917.

GasIndianaUnited States of AmericaCCGT · HRSGGE Vernova: 7HA.03Pre Construction

Maple Creek Energy Project is a 1,300 MW gas power station in Indiana, United States of America. It is operated by BDC Power Holdings LLC; Advanced Power AG; ArcLight Capital Partners LLC. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.5 million homes (estimated). It ranks #462 of 10,938 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).

1,300MW installed capacity
2HRSG unit(s)
1,464,171homes powered (est.)
2029Pre Construction

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityMaple Creek Energy Project GEM-GOGPT
CountryUnited States of America · Indiana GEM-GOGPT
Coordinates39.209578, -87.527917 GEM-GOGPT
FuelGas GEM-GOGPT
MW installed capacity1,300 MW GEM GOGPT; source record
OwnerBDC Power Holdings LLC; Advanced Power AG; ArcLight Capital Partners LLC GEM-GOGPT
Commissioned2029 GEM-GOGPT
TechnologyCCGT · GE Vernova: 7HA.03 · HRSG GEM-GOGPT

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions2,049,840 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#462 / 10938 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#125 / 2165 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers10.73× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent1,464,171 calculated
Environmental severityC2 · 35/100 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 fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,300 MW, Maple Creek Energy Project is well above 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); GE Vernova: 7HA.03. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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.

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by BDC Power Holdings LLC; Advanced Power AG; ArcLight Capital Partners LLC.

Climate zone & how it works

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 39.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~18°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season mean
Humid subtropical: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
35/100environmental-severity index
27.0°Cseasonal temperature swing
298 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #125 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 39.209578, -87.527917 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Maple Creek Energy Project?

Maple Creek Energy Project is a 1,300 MW gas power plant in Indiana, United States of America, Pre Construction 2029.

How many homes can Maple Creek Energy Project power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 1,464,171 homes (estimated).

Who operates Maple Creek Energy Project?

Maple Creek Energy Project is operated by BDC Power Holdings LLC; Advanced Power AG; ArcLight Capital Partners LLC.

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