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Paragould Reciprocating

Gas power plant in Arkansas, United States of America. Approximate location 36.0242, -90.5094.

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Paragould Reciprocating is a 19 MW gas power plant in Arkansas, United States of America. It is operated by Paragould Light & Water Comm. Based on reported annual generation of 0 GWh, it can supply roughly 142 homes. It ranks #3878 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 47,660 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 11,110 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).

19MW installed capacity
0GWh reported / yr
142homes powered
47,660t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2001commissioned (~25 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0008015.

47,660 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

11,110passenger cars driven for a year
6,215homes' yearly energy use
794,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

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

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

Owner

Operated by Paragould Light & Water Comm. All plants by this company →

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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.4°Cannual mean temp
1,890heating degree-days (base 18°C)
944cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
71 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 10 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 21 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 22 °CSO: 16 °CON: 10 °CND: 5 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 23% 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: 41/100 — 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.

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 #1313 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 36.0242, -90.5094 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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