Seadrift Coke LP

Petcoke power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 28.5139, -96.7942.

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Seadrift Coke LP is a 8 MW petcoke power plant in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Seadrift Coke L P. Based on reported annual generation of 26 GWh, it can supply roughly 7,457 homes. It ranks #5039 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1983, it is around 43 years old — long-established. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

8MW installed capacity
26GWh reported / yr
7,457homes powered
1983commissioned (~43 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0010167.

~27,405 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

6,388passenger cars driven for a year
3,574homes' yearly energy use
456,750tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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.

Reported generation trend

2013: 46 GWh20132014: 43 GWh20142015: 39 GWh20152016: 44 GWh20162017: 27 GWh20172018: 3 GWh20182019: 26 GWh201946 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Seadrift Coke L P.

Local climate & thermal context

This petcoke plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 28.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.6°Cannual mean temp
381heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,703cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
6 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 25 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 23 °CON: 18 °CND: 14 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 84% 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: 19/100 — 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 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.

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Location

Coordinates 28.5139, -96.7942 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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