United States

Rifle Generating Station — 84 MW Natural Gas

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Rifle Generating Station is a 84 MW gas power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
84 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1987

Year online

Owner
Tri-State G & T Assn Inc

Operator

Location
39.52, -107.73

Coordinates

Insights

#2,358
largest in %s
#3,418
largest %s worldwide
#10,962
largest worldwide
1987
%d yrs older than avg
8
operated by %s
16
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
84 MW
Commissioned
1987
Status
Operational
Owner
Tri-State G & T Assn Inc
Country
United States
Coordinates
39.517, -107.730

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
162,253 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4,867,582 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

35,272
cars / year
21,634
homes / year
7,375,124
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Rifle Generating Station is an 84 MW gas power plant in the United States, operated by Tri-State G & T Assn Inc since 1987.

Ranked #997 of 1883 gas plants in the United States. Its 84 MW accounts for 0.01% of the country’s total gas capacity of 592,244 MW. The largest gas plant in the United States is West County Energy Center at 4,263 MW, making Rifle Generating Station 50.8 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Upper Molina (9.9 MW, Hydro), Lower Molina (5.6 MW, Hydro), and WWRF Solar Plant (1.5 MW, Solar). The facility is located in Colorado, approximately 50 km southwest of Glenwood Springs.

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