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Morrow Generating Plant

Gas power plant in Mississippi, United States of America. Approximate location 31.217756, -89.393972.

GasMississippiUnited States of AmericaCCGT · HRSGSiemens Energy: SGT6-9000HL

Morrow Generating Plant is a 558 MW gas power station in Mississippi, United States of America. It is operated by Cooperative Energy [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 628k homes (estimated). It ranks #1191 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 years old — recently built. 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).

558MW installed capacity
1HRSG unit(s)
628,467homes powered (est.)
2023commissioned (~3 yrs)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityMorrow Generating Plant GEM-GOGPT
CountryUnited States of America · Mississippi GEM-GOGPT
Coordinates31.217756, -89.393972 GEM-GOGPT
FuelGas GEM-GOGPT
MW installed capacity558 MW GEM GOGPT; source record
OwnerCooperative Energy [100%] GEM-GOGPT
Commissioned2023 GEM-GOGPT
TechnologyCCGT · Siemens Energy: SGT6-9000HL · HRSG GEM-GOGPT

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions879,854 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#1191 / 10938 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#530 / 2165 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers4.60× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent628,467 calculated
Environmental severityC4 · 43/100 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 558 MW, Morrow Generating Plant 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); Siemens Energy: SGT6-9000HL. 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 Cooperative Energy [100%].

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 31.2°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: hot summers and mild winters

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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
43/100environmental-severity index
18.6°Cseasonal temperature swing
124 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 #530 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 31.217756, -89.393972 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Morrow Generating Plant?

Morrow Generating Plant is a 558 MW gas power plant in Mississippi, United States of America, commissioned in 2023.

How many homes can Morrow Generating Plant power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 628,467 homes (estimated).

Who operates Morrow Generating Plant?

Morrow Generating Plant is operated by Cooperative Energy [100%].

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