Perryman

Gas power plant in Maryland, United States of America. Approximate location 39.4428, -76.2218.

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Perryman is a 492 MW gas power station in Maryland, United States of America. It is operated by Constellation Power Source Gen. Based on reported annual generation of 203 GWh, it can supply roughly 58,028 homes. It ranks #744 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1993, it is around 33 years old — long-established. 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).

492MW installed capacity
203GWh reported / yr
58,028homes powered
1993commissioned (~33 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0001556.

~81,240 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

18,937passenger cars driven for a year
10,595homes' yearly energy use
1,354,000tree 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

2013: 93 GWh20132014: 117 GWh20142015: 430 GWh20152016: 553 GWh20162017: 228 GWh20172018: 271 GWh20182019: 203 GWh2019553 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Constellation Power Source Gen. 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 39.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.6°Cannual mean temp
2,493heating degree-days (base 18°C)
560cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
14 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 8 °CND: 3 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 1% 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: 51/100 — 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 #444 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 39.4428, -76.2218 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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