Oklaunion

Coal power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 34.0825, -99.1753.

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Oklaunion is a 720 MW coal power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Public Service Co of Oklahoma. Based on reported annual generation of 2,602 GWh, it can supply roughly 743,400 homes. It ranks #479 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1987, it is around 39 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

720MW installed capacity
2,602GWh reported / yr
743,400homes powered
1987commissioned (~39 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0000127.

~2,601,900 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

606,503passenger cars driven for a year
339,319homes' yearly energy use
43,365,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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: 3,967 GWh20132014: 3,217 GWh20142015: 2,082 GWh20152016: 2,491 GWh20162017: 1,669 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 2,602 GWh20194k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Public Service Co of Oklahoma. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.3°Cannual mean temp
1,479heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,252cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
351 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 8 °CFM: 12 °CMA: 17 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 18 °CON: 11 °CND: 6 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 40% 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: 34/100 — 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.

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 #132 largest coal power plant of 286 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 286 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 249,149 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 34.0825, -99.1753 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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