Miami Fort

Coal power plant in Indiana, United States of America. Approximate location 39.1128, -84.8036.

CoalIndianaUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Miami Fort is a 1,181 MW coal power station in Indiana, United States of America. It is operated by Vistra Energy Miami Fort. Based on reported annual generation of 6,974 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,992,714 homes. It ranks #245 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1976, it is around 50 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 2,862,552 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 667,262 cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

1,181MW installed capacity
6,974GWh reported / yr
1,992,714homes powered
2,862,552t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1976commissioned (~50 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0002832.

2,862,552 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

667,262passenger cars driven for a year
373,311homes' yearly energy use
47,709,200tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 8,847 GWh20132014: 7,677 GWh20142015: 6,605 GWh20152016: 6,765 GWh20162017: 6,744 GWh20172018: 5,409 GWh20182019: 6,974 GWh20199k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Vistra Energy Miami Fort.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 39.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.9°Cannual mean temp
2,710heating degree-days (base 18°C)
491cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
222 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 13 °CON: 7 °CND: 1 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 10% 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: 55/100 — this site sits in the mid 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.

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 #89 largest coal power plant of 286 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 286 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 249,149 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 39.1128, -84.8036 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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