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Peru (IL) — 37 MW Oil

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Peru (IL) is a 37 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
37 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1996

Year online

Owner
City of Peru - (IL)

Operator

Location
41.32, -89.11

Coordinates

Insights

#3,310
largest in %s
#737
largest %s worldwide
#15,651
largest worldwide
1996
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
66
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
37 MW
Commissioned
1996
Status
Operational
Owner
City of Peru - (IL)
Country
United States
Coordinates
41.324, -89.112

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
83,132 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

18,072
cars / year
11,084
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

Peru (IL) is a 36.5 MW oil power plant in the United States, operated by the City of Peru since 1996.

Ranked #129 of 879 oil plants in the United States. Its 36.5 MW represents 0.1% of the United States’ 38,410 MW total oil capacity. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making Peru (IL) 81 times smaller.

Nearby plants include LaSalle Generating Station (2,340 MW, Nuclear) and Big Sky Wind LLC (240 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Illinois, approximately 130 km southwest of Chicago.

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