United States

Fruita — 27 MW Natural Gas

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Fruita is a 27 MW gas power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
27 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1973

Year online

Owner
Public Service Co of Colorado

Operator

Location
39.14, -108.73

Coordinates

Insights

#3,610
largest in United States of America
#4,082
largest Natural Gas worldwide
#17,461
largest worldwide
1973
26 yrs older than avg
20
operated by Public Service Co…
11
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
27 MW
Commissioned
1973
Status
Operational
Owner
Public Service Co of Colorado
Country
United States
Coordinates
39.136, -108.735

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
51,380 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,541,401 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

11,170
cars / year
6,851
homes / year
2,335,456
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Fruita is a 26.6 MW gas power plant in the United States, operated by Public Service Co of Colorado since 1973.

Ranked #1309 of 1883 gas plants in the United States. Its 26.6 MW represents 0.0045% of the country’s total gas capacity of 592,244 MW. The largest gas plant in the United States is the West County Energy Center at 4,263 MW, making Fruita 160 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Mesa PV1 (1.6 MW, Solar), Mesa CSG 2 Massicotte (1.5 MW, Solar), and Grand Valley Project Power Plant (1.5 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Colorado, approximately 250 km west of Denver.

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