Notch Cliff

Gas power plant in Maryland, United States of America. Approximate location 39.4217, -76.5087.

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Notch Cliff is a 144 MW gas power station in Maryland, United States of America. It is operated by Constellation Power Source Gen. Based on reported annual generation of 44 GWh, it can supply roughly 12,457 homes. It ranks #1587 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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).

144MW installed capacity
44GWh reported / yr
12,457homes powered
1969commissioned (~57 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0001555.

~17,440 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

4,065passenger cars driven for a year
2,274homes' yearly energy use
290,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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: 18 GWh20132014: 7 GWh20142015: 23 GWh20152016: 35 GWh20162017: 16 GWh20172018: 27 GWh20182019: 44 GWh201944 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Constellation Power Source Gen. All plants by this company →

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 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.

12.7°Cannual mean temp
2,498heating degree-days (base 18°C)
573cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
62 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 8 °CND: 3 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 2% 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: 51/100 — 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.

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 #771 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 39.4217, -76.5087 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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