United States

McCook — 57 MW Oil

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McCook is a 57 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
57 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1973

Year online

Owner
Nebraska Public Power District

Operator

Location
40.22, -100.65

Coordinates

Insights

#2,805
largest in %s
#610
largest %s worldwide
#12,630
largest worldwide
1973
%d yrs older than avg
13
operated by %s
13
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
57 MW
Commissioned
1973
Status
Operational
Owner
Nebraska Public Power District
Country
United States
Coordinates
40.221, -100.651

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
129,140 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3.9M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

28,074
cars / year
17,219
homes / year
5.9M
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

McCook is a 56.7 MW oil-fired power plant in the United States, operated by Nebraska Public Power District since 1973.

Ranked #95 of 879 oil plants in the United States. Its 56.7 MW represents 0.15% of the United States’ total oil capacity of 38,410 MW. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making McCook 52 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Oberlin (6.9 MW, Oil) and Curtis (3.4 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Nebraska, approximately 250 km west of Omaha.

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