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North — United States of America

Oil power plant in Iowa, United States of America. Approximate location 41.3164, -94.455.

OilIowaUnited States of AmericaOCGTAnnounced

North is a 8 MW oil power plant in Iowa, United States of America. It ranks #6009 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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).

8MW installed capacity

2006Announced

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007856.

Data status

Known data

FacilityNorth WRI

CountryUnited States of America · Iowa WRI

Coordinates41.3164, -94.455 WRI

FuelOil WRI

MW installed capacity8 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity

Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified

OwnerCity of Greenfield - (IA) WRI

Commissioned2006 WRI

TechnologyOCGT WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#6009 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#429 / 902 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.11× · 7.2 MW · n=902 calculated

Climate9.6°C · HDD 3,463 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC2 · 33/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 8 MW, North is well above the median oil plant in United States of America (7.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #429 largest oil power plant of 902 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 902 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 40,022 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Greenfield Light Plant · Oil · 5 MW · Iowa
Greenfield Wind · Wind · 1.6 MW · Iowa
Sky Volt · Wind · 1.6 MW · Iowa
Meadow Ridge · Wind · 1.6 MW · Iowa
Wolverine · Wind · 1.5 MW · Iowa
Fontanelle · Wind · 1.6 MW · Iowa

Location

Coordinates 41.3164, -94.455 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is North?

North is a 8 MW oil power plant in Iowa, United States of America, Announced 2006.

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