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Weston — United States of America

Coal power plant in Wisconsin, United States of America. Approximate location 44.8606, -89.6553.

CoalWisconsinUnited States of AmericaSteamAnnouncedCO₂ modelled

Weston is a 1,103.4 MW coal power station in Wisconsin, United States of America. It ranks #536 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 191,230 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 45k cars driven for a year. 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).

1,103.4MW installed capacity
191,230t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1993Announced

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0004078.

Data status

Known data

FacilityWeston WRI
CountryUnited States of America · Wisconsin WRI
Coordinates44.8606, -89.6553 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity1,103.4 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000104280; part of a generating complex
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerWisconsin Public Service Corp WRI
Commissioned1993 WRI
TechnologySteam WRI

Modelled source data

CO₂ emissions191,230 t CO₂·a⁻¹ modelled · Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#536 / 10884 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#222 / 802 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.98× · 558 MW · n=802 calculated
Climate6.0°C · HDD 4,477 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 32/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 946 MW for Weston Power Plant, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104280; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,103.4 MW, Weston is well above the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

~191,230 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1.1krailcars of coal burned
40khomes' electricity use for a year
191kacres of US forest absorbing CO₂ for a year
0.03%of the CO₂ from all United States of America power plants with an emissions figure in PowerAtlas

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #222 largest coal power plant of 802 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 802 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 621,194 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 44.8606, -89.6553 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Weston?

Weston is a 1,103.4 MW coal power plant in Wisconsin, United States of America, Announced 1993.

How much CO₂ does Weston emit?

Weston has modelled emissions of about 191,230 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).

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