United States

Portage — 23 MW Oil

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Portage is a 23 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
23 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1973

Year online

Owner
Upper Peninsula Power Company

Operator

Location
47.08, -88.65

Coordinates

Insights

#3,758
largest in %s
#885
largest %s worldwide
#18,468
largest worldwide
1973
%d yrs older than avg
6
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
23 MW
Commissioned
1973
Status
Operational
Owner
Upper Peninsula Power Company
Country
United States
Coordinates
47.081, -88.647

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
51,474 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

11,190
cars / year
6,863
homes / year
2.3M
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

Portage is a 22.6 MW oil-fired power plant in the United States, commissioned in 1973.

Ranked #182 of 879 oil plants in the United States, Portage’s capacity represents 0.06% of the total oil capacity of 38,410 MW. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making Portage 130 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include A.J. Mihm Generating Station (56.4 MW, Gas) and John H Warden (22 MW, Waste). The facility is located in Michigan, approximately 25 km from the city of Houghton.

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