Oberlin (OH)

Gas power plant in Ohio, United States of America. Approximate location 41.2836, -82.2194.

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Oberlin (OH) is a 18 MW gas power plant in Ohio, United States of America. It is operated by City of Oberlin - (OH). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 20,836 homes (estimated). It ranks #3917 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1979, it is around 47 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 26,006 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 6,062 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).

18MW installed capacity
20,836homes powered (est.)
26,006t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1979commissioned (~47 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0002933.

26,006 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

6,062passenger cars driven for a year
3,391homes' yearly energy use
433,433tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 0 GWh20132014: 0 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 1 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 0 GWh20191 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by City of Oberlin - (OH).

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 41.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.7°Cannual mean temp
3,296heating degree-days (base 18°C)
282cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
252 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 3 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 18 °CSO: 11 °CON: 5 °CND: -1 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% 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: 71/100 — 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 #1327 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 41.2836, -82.2194 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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