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Neptune Gas Processing Plant

Other power plant in Louisiana, United States of America. Approximate location 29.7336, -91.4431.

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Neptune Gas Processing Plant is a 4 MW other power plant in Louisiana, United States of America. It is operated by Enterprise Products Optg LP. Based on reported annual generation of 14 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,028 homes. It ranks #6304 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

4MW installed capacity
14GWh reported / yr
4,028homes powered
2004commissioned (~22 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056139.

Reported generation trend

2013: 16 GWh20132014: 0 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 14 GWh201916 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Enterprise Products Optg LP. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 29.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

20.1°Cannual mean temp
600heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,370cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
3 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 11 °CJF: 13 °CFM: 16 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 21 °CON: 16 °CND: 13 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 76% below 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: 22/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 #16 largest other power plant of 16 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 16 other power plants in this dataset, together about 572 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 29.7336, -91.4431 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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