Moberly

Oil power plant in Missouri, United States of America. Approximate location 39.4244, -92.4837.

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Moberly is a 61 MW oil power plant in Missouri, United States of America. It is operated by Union Electric Co - (MO). Based on reported annual generation of 2 GWh, it can supply roughly 600 homes. It ranks #2516 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1978, it is around 48 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 0.7% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

61MW installed capacity
2GWh reported / yr
600homes powered
1978commissioned (~48 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006651.

~1,575 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

367passenger cars driven for a year
205homes' yearly energy use
26,250tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical oil emission factor (~750 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2013: 0 GWh20132014: 0 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 2 GWh20192 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Union Electric Co - (MO). All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 39.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.8°Cannual mean temp
2,831heating degree-days (base 18°C)
581cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
259 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 13 °CON: 6 °CND: 0 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 15% 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: 58/100 — 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 oil power plant of 876 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 876 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 37,143 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 39.4244, -92.4837 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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