Retired gas power-station site in California, United States of America. Approximate location 38.0392, -121.8945.
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Pittsburg Power is a retired gas power station in California, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #175 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1752.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE
At 2,257.5 MW, Pittsburg Power is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
The #35 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 38.0392, -121.8945 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Pittsburg Power was a gas-fired power station in California, United States of America and was retired.
