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Morris Cogeneration LLC

Gas power plant in Illinois, United States of America. Approximate location 41.4119, -88.3328.

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Morris Cogeneration LLC is a 212 MW gas power station in Illinois, United States of America. It is operated by Morris Cogeneration LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 653 GWh, it can supply roughly 186,657 homes. It ranks #1181 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 227,100 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 52,937 cars driven for a year. 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).

212MW installed capacity
653GWh reported / yr
186,657homes powered
227,100t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1998commissioned (~28 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055216.

227,100 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

52,937passenger cars driven for a year
29,617homes' yearly energy use
3,785,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2013: 560 GWh20132014: 564 GWh20142015: 653 GWh20152016: 583 GWh20162017: 635 GWh20172018: 640 GWh20182019: 653 GWh2019653 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Morris Cogeneration LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.2°Cannual mean temp
3,244heating degree-days (base 18°C)
415cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
175 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -5 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 12 °CON: 5 °CND: -2 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 32% 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: 69/100 — this site sits in the top 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #677 largest gas power plant of 1818 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1818 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 546,436 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.4119, -88.3328 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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