Gas power plant in Kansas, United States of America. Approximate location 37.2678, -97.3497.
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Wellington 2 is a 20 MW gas power plant in Kansas, United States of America. It is operated by City of Wellington - (KS). Based on reported annual generation of 1 GWh, it can supply roughly 400 homes. It ranks #3821 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1989, it is around 37 years old — long-established. 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007339.
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At 20 MW, Wellington 2 is below the median gas plant in United States of America (91 MW). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by City of Wellington - (KS). All plants by this company →
At its source-labelled 29k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Wellington 2 carries no domestic carbon price — but its 29k t at the EU CBAM rate (€75/t) is €2.2M/yr of carbon value. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. On thermal plants the fastest efficiency lever is eliminating heat loss on hot equipment — HRSG, steam lines, boiler casing, valves & expansion joints (removable insulation) — typically cutting 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂, here ≈581 t–1k t/yr, worth €44k–€110k, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but EU-bound power and the fuel chain increasingly price carbon; the EU CBAM rate is €75/t (to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €77/t, 11 Jun 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies. Estimate the saving for this plant →
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 37.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 7% 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: 48/100 — this site sits in the mid 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.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #1307 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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Coordinates 37.2678, -97.3497 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Plants like this lose energy through hot HRSGs, steam turbines, valves, feed pumps and headers. Inzonex makes removable, reusable HRSG & turbine insulation that cuts that loss by up to 96% and holds surface temperatures under 45°C, unclipping in seconds for maintenance. See the industrial-AI efficiency hub for tools and benchmarks.
Wellington 2 is a 20 MW gas power plant in Kansas, United States of America, commissioned in 1989.
Wellington 2 generates about 1 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 400 homes.
Wellington 2 is operated by City of Wellington - (KS).
