Gas power plant in Indiana, United States of America. Approximate location 37.9103, -87.9261.
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SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon is a 108 MW gas power station in Indiana, United States of America. It is operated by SABIC IP Mt. Vernon LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 640 GWh, it can supply roughly 182,942 homes. It ranks #1836 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 156,930 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 36,580 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058063.
At 108 MW, SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon is around the median gas plant in United States of America (91 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by SABIC IP Mt. Vernon LLC.
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 37.9°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 7% 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: 47/100 — 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.
The #855 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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Coordinates 37.9103, -87.9261 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Plants like this lose energy through hot HRSGs, steam turbines, valves, feed pumps and headers. Inzonex makes removable, reusable HRSG & turbine insulation that cuts that loss by up to 90% and holds surface temperatures under 45°C, unclipping in seconds for maintenance. See the industrial-AI efficiency hub for tools and benchmarks.
SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon is a 108 MW gas power plant in Indiana, United States of America, commissioned in 2017.
SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon generates about 640 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 182,942 homes.
SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon is operated by SABIC IP Mt. Vernon LLC.
SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon has reported about 156,930 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).
