United States

Petersburg — 15 MW Oil

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Petersburg is a 15 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
15 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1986

Year online

Owner
Petersburg Borough - (AK)

Operator

Location
56.81, -132.96

Coordinates

Insights

#4,376
largest in United States of America
#1,079
largest Oil worldwide
#21,631
largest worldwide
1986
11 yrs older than avg
1
operated by Petersburg Borough -…
1
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
15 MW
Commissioned
1986
Status
Operational
Owner
Petersburg Borough - (AK)
Country
United States
Coordinates
56.811, -132.957

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
33,025 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
990,756 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

7,179
cars per year
4,403
homes per year
1,501,145
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

Petersburg is a 14.5 MW oil and hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Petersburg Borough since 1986.

Ranked #267 of 879 oil plants in the United States. Its 14.5 MW represents 0.04% 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 Petersburg 203 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in Alaska, approximately 1,400 km southeast of Anchorage.

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