Mingo Junction Energy Center — United States of America

Mingo Junction Energy Center is a retired gas power station in Ohio, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #4174 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1873.

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 32 MW, Mingo Junction Energy Center 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 #1517 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

• ESC Brooke County power I station · Gas · 842 MW · West Virginia
• Cardinal Plant · Coal · 1,880.4 MW · West Virginia
• Cardinal · Coal · 1,880.4 MW · Ohio
• Sammis Plant · Coal · 2,455.6 MW · Ohio
• FirstEnergy W H Sammis · Coal · 2,468.1 MW · West Virginia
• Robinson Power Company station · Gas · 1,023 MW · Pennsylvania

Location

Coordinates 40.3136, -80.6058 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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