Silver Creek

Gas power plant in Mississippi, United States of America. Approximate location 31.6004, -89.9468.

GasMississippiUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Silver Creek is a 250 MW gas power station in Mississippi, United States of America. It is operated by Cooperative Energy. Based on reported annual generation of 46 GWh, it can supply roughly 13,028 homes. It ranks #1076 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 131,853 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 30,735 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).

250MW installed capacity
46GWh reported / yr
13,028homes powered
131,853t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2004commissioned (~22 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007988.

131,853 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

30,735passenger cars driven for a year
17,195homes' yearly energy use
2,197,550tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 68 GWh20132014: 59 GWh20142015: 90 GWh20152016: 98 GWh20162017: 112 GWh20172018: 132 GWh20182019: 46 GWh2019132 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Cooperative Energy. All plants by this company →

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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 31.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.1°Cannual mean temp
1,048heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,089cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
117 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 10 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 18 °CON: 13 °CND: 10 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 57% 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: 27/100 — 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~2% 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 #633 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 31.6004, -89.9468 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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