Cogeneration power plant in Minnesota, United States of America. Approximate location 43.76, -94.7514.
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OREG 3 Inc is a 5 MW cogeneration power plant in Minnesota, United States of America. It is operated by Ormat Nevada Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 38 GWh, it can supply roughly 10,942 homes. It ranks #5899 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057281.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Ormat Nevada Inc. All plants by this company →
This cogeneration plant produces electricity and useful heat together for higher fuel efficiency. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 71% 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: 87/100 — 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.
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.
The #29 largest cogeneration power plant of 34 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 34 cogeneration power plants in this dataset, together about 1,042 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 43.76, -94.7514 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
