Sylvarena

Gas power plant in Mississippi, United States of America. Approximate location 31.9821, -89.4127.

GasMississippiUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Sylvarena is a 141 MW gas power station in Mississippi, United States of America. It is operated by Cooperative Energy. Based on reported annual generation of 200 GWh, it can supply roughly 57,000 homes. It ranks #1601 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 151,233 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 35,252 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).

141MW installed capacity
200GWh reported / yr
57,000homes powered
151,233t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2003commissioned (~23 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007989.

151,233 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

35,252passenger cars driven for a year
19,723homes' yearly energy use
2,520,550tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 39 GWh20132014: 176 GWh20142015: 180 GWh20152016: 179 GWh20162017: 153 GWh20172018: 253 GWh20182019: 200 GWh2019253 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 32.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.7°Cannual mean temp
1,135heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,049cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
116 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 10 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 18 °CON: 13 °CND: 9 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 54% 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: 28/100 — 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 #777 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 31.9821, -89.4127 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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