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T J Labbe Electric Generating

Gas power plant in Louisiana, United States of America. Approximate location 30.2554, -92.0433.

GasLouisianaUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

T J Labbe Electric Generating is a 101 MW gas power station in Louisiana, United States of America. It is operated by Lafayette Utilities System. Based on reported annual generation of 16 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,600 homes. It ranks #1931 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 27,951 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 6,515 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).

101MW installed capacity
16GWh reported / yr
4,600homes powered
27,951t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056108.

27,951 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

6,515passenger cars driven for a year
3,645homes' yearly energy use
465,850tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Reported generation trend

2013: 64 GWh20132014: 7 GWh20142015: 8 GWh20152016: 12 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 18 GWh20182019: 16 GWh201964 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Lafayette Utilities System. 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 30.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

19.7°Cannual mean temp
731heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,369cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
10 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 10 °CJF: 12 °CFM: 16 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 20 °CON: 15 °CND: 12 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 70% 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: 23/100 — 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 ~3% 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 #878 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 30.2554, -92.0433 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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