Paris (WI)

Gas power plant in Wisconsin, United States of America. Approximate location 42.6658, -88.0131.

GasWisconsinUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Paris (WI) is a 382 MW gas power station in Wisconsin, United States of America. It is operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Co. Based on reported annual generation of 88 GWh, it can supply roughly 25,114 homes. It ranks #838 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1995, it is around 31 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 118,092 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 27,527 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).

382MW installed capacity
88GWh reported / yr
25,114homes powered
118,092t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1995commissioned (~31 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007270.

118,092 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

27,527passenger cars driven for a year
15,401homes' yearly energy use
1,968,200tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2013: 0 GWh20132014: 19 GWh20142015: 121 GWh20152016: 160 GWh20162017: 102 GWh20172018: 90 GWh20182019: 88 GWh2019160 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Co. 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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,759heating degree-days (base 18°C)
216cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
215 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -7 °CJF: -4 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 10 °CON: 3 °CND: -4 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 53% 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: 81/100 — 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 #504 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 42.6658, -88.0131 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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