Saranac Facility

Gas power plant in New York, United States of America. Approximate location 44.7132, -73.4557.

GasNew YorkUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Saranac Facility is a 286 MW gas power station in New York, United States of America. It is operated by Saranac Power Partners LP. Based on reported annual generation of 81 GWh, it can supply roughly 23,200 homes. It ranks #998 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1994, it is around 32 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 164,190 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 38,273 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).

286MW installed capacity
81GWh reported / yr
23,200homes powered
164,190t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1994commissioned (~32 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0054574.

164,190 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

38,273passenger cars driven for a year
21,412homes' yearly energy use
2,736,500tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2013: 485 GWh20132014: 225 GWh20142015: 185 GWh20152016: 89 GWh20162017: 60 GWh20172018: 71 GWh20182019: 81 GWh2019485 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Saranac Power Partners LP.

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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.3°Cannual mean temp
4,026heating degree-days (base 18°C)
158cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
52 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -7 °CJF: -6 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: -3 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 64% 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: 85/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #595 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 44.7132, -73.4557 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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