United States

Purdue University — 43 MW Natural Gas

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Purdue University is a 43 MW gas power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
43 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1988

Year online

Owner
Purdue University

Operator

Location
40.42, -86.91

Coordinates

Insights

#3,139
largest in %s
#3,841
largest %s worldwide
#14,862
largest worldwide
1988
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
72
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
43 MW
Commissioned
1988
Status
Operational
Owner
Purdue University
Country
United States
Coordinates
40.417, -86.912

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
83,444 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

18,140
cars / year
11,126
homes / year
3.8M
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

Purdue University is a 43.2 MW gas power plant in the United States, commissioned in 1988.
Ranked #1195 of 1883 gas plants in the United States, this plant’s capacity represents 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 Purdue University 98.9 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC (600.3 MW, Wind), Meadow Lake Wind Farm VI LLC (200.4 MW, Wind), and Meadow Lake Wind Farm LLC (199.7 MW, Wind). Purdue University is located in Indiana, approximately 70 km northwest of Indianapolis.

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