Sevier Plant — United States of America

Coal power plant in Utah, United States of America. Approximate location 38.854462, -111.968159.

CoalUtahUnited States of America

Sevier Plant is a 270 MW coal power station in Utah, United States of America. It is operated by NEVCO Energy Company LLC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 338k homes (estimated). It ranks #1679 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

270MW installed capacity
337,885homes powered (est.)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilitySevier Plant GEM-coal
CountryUnited States of America · Utah GEM-coal
Coordinates38.854462, -111.968159 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity270 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerNEVCO Energy Company LLC [100%] GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions1,182,600 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#1679 / 10884 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#539 / 802 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.48× · 558 MW · n=802 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent337,885 calculated
Environmental severityC2 · 28/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 270 MW, Sevier Plant is below the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of United States of America coal capacity
less than 0.1% of 621,194 MW across 802 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in United States of America

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by NEVCO Energy Company LLC [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season mean
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
28/100environmental-severity index
22.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
811 kmdistance to coast

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #539 largest coal power plant of 802 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 802 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 621,194 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 38.854462, -111.968159 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Sevier Plant?

Sevier Plant is a 270 MW coal power plant in Utah, United States of America.

Who operates Sevier Plant?

Sevier Plant is operated by NEVCO Energy Company LLC [100%].

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