Valley (WI)

Gas power plant in Wisconsin, United States of America. Approximate location 43.0303, -87.9233.

GasWisconsinUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Valley (WI) is a 275 MW gas power station in Wisconsin, United States of America. It is operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Co. Based on reported annual generation of 380 GWh, it can supply roughly 108,514 homes. It ranks #1024 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1968, it is around 58 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its measured emissions of 451,690 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 105,289 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).

275MW installed capacity
380GWh reported / yr
108,514homes powered
451,690t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1968commissioned (~58 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0004042.

451,690 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

105,289passenger cars driven for a year
58,906homes' yearly energy use
7,528,167tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2013: 457 GWh20132014: 543 GWh20142015: 506 GWh20152016: 444 GWh20162017: 382 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 380 GWh2019543 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Co. 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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.3°Cannual mean temp
3,753heating degree-days (base 18°C)
242cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
213 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -7 °CJF: -4 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 10 °CON: 3 °CND: -4 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 53% 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: 81/100 — 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% 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 #609 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 43.0303, -87.9233 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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