Orrville

Coal power plant in Ohio, United States of America. Approximate location 40.851, -81.7658.

CoalOhioUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Orrville is a 84 MW coal power plant in Ohio, United States of America. It is operated by City of Orrville - (OH). Based on reported annual generation of 15 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,228 homes. It ranks #2151 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1965, it is around 61 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its measured emissions of 139,175 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 32,442 cars driven for a year. 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).

84MW installed capacity
15GWh reported / yr
4,228homes powered
139,175t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1965commissioned (~61 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0002935.

139,175 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

32,442passenger cars driven for a year
18,150homes' yearly energy use
2,319,583tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 208 GWh20132014: 262 GWh20142015: 221 GWh20152016: 186 GWh20162017: 81 GWh20172018: 31 GWh20182019: 15 GWh2019262 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by City of Orrville - (OH).

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.6°Cannual mean temp
3,309heating degree-days (base 18°C)
260cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
345 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 3 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 11 °CON: 5 °CND: -1 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 35% 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.

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 #238 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 40.851, -81.7658 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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