TS Power Plant

Coal power plant in Nevada, United States of America. Approximate location 40.7461, -116.5297.

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TS Power Plant is a 242 MW coal power station in Nevada, United States of America. It is operated by Nevada Gold Energy LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 1,049 GWh, it can supply roughly 299,742 homes. It ranks #1110 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. 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).

242MW installed capacity
1,049GWh reported / yr
299,742homes powered
2008commissioned (~18 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056224.

~1,049,100 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

244,545passenger cars driven for a year
136,815homes' yearly energy use
17,485,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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: 1,395 GWh20132014: 1,424 GWh20142015: 857 GWh20152016: 891 GWh20162017: 968 GWh20172018: 1,045 GWh20182019: 1,049 GWh20191k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Nevada Gold Energy LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.3°Cannual mean temp
3,390heating degree-days (base 18°C)
239cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,512 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 10 °CON: 3 °CND: -2 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 38% above 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: 73/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #204 largest coal power plant of 286 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 286 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 249,149 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 40.7461, -116.5297 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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