VPPSA Project 10

Oil power plant in Vermont, United States of America. Approximate location 44.9167, -73.1.

OilVermontUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

VPPSA Project 10 is a 47 MW oil power plant in Vermont, United States of America. It is operated by Vermont Public Power Supply Authority. Based on reported annual generation of 0 GWh, it can supply roughly 85 homes. It ranks #2843 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 31,000 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 7,226 cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 0.7% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

47MW installed capacity
0GWh reported / yr
85homes powered
31,000t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0063203.

31,000 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

7,226passenger cars driven for a year
4,043homes' yearly energy use
516,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Capacity vs largest oil plants in United States of America

Manatee: 2,951 MW3kManateeOswego Harbor Power: 1,804 MW2kOswego Har…Possum Point: 1,591 MW2kPossum Poi…Canal: 1,495 MW1kCanalAguirre: 1,492 MW1kAguirreCosta Sur: 990 MW990Costa SurYorktown: 882 MW882YorktownSan Juan CC: 864 MW864San Juan CC

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Vermont Public Power Supply Authority.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.0°Cannual mean temp
4,440heating degree-days (base 18°C)
93cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
164 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -10 °CJF: -8 °CFM: -2 °CMA: 5 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 8 °CON: 2 °CND: -6 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 81% 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: 90/100 — 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 #110 largest oil power plant of 876 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 876 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 37,143 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 44.9167, -73.1 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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