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Panda Liberty Generation Plant

Gas power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. Approximate location 41.7675, -76.39.

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Panda Liberty Generation Plant is a 870 MW gas power station in Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is operated by Panda Liberty O&M LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 4,780 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,365,628 homes. It ranks #380 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. 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).

870MW installed capacity
4,780GWh reported / yr
1,365,628homes powered
2016commissioned (~10 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058420.

~1,911,880 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

445,660passenger cars driven for a year
249,332homes' yearly energy use
31,864,667tree 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

2016: 2,628 GWh20162017: 5,833 GWh20172018: 5,064 GWh20182019: 4,780 GWh20196k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Panda Liberty O&M LLC.

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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.3°Cannual mean temp
3,661heating degree-days (base 18°C)
147cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
351 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -5 °CJF: -4 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: -2 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 49% 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: 79/100 — 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 #181 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 41.7675, -76.39 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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