Petcoke power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 29.7233, -95.2103.
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PRSI FCC Generator is a 5 MW petcoke power plant in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Pasadena Refining System Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 1 GWh, it can supply roughly 171 homes. It ranks #6237 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1979, it is around 47 years old — long-established. 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 USA0058069.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical petcoke emission factor (~1050 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Pasadena Refining System Inc.
This petcoke plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 29.7°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 78% 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: 21/100 — 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 #11 largest petcoke power plant of 11 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 11 petcoke power plants in this dataset, together about 2,362 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 29.7233, -95.2103 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
