Other power plant in Louisiana, United States of America. Approximate location 30.2217, -93.2807.
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PPG Riverside is a 162 MW other power station in Louisiana, United States of America. It is operated by Eagle 2 US LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 174 GWh, it can supply roughly 49,600 homes. It ranks #1453 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1958, it is around 68 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050488.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Eagle 2 US LLC. All plants by this company →
This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 30.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 72% 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: 23/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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.
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.
The #1 largest other power plant of 16 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 16 other power plants in this dataset, together about 572 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 30.2217, -93.2807 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
