172nd largest plant in Illinois · 6505th nationally
Adkins Energy Llc is a natural gas power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 6.8 MW. It generates roughly 38.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,661 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 65% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 637 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (6.8 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Adkins Energy Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Adkins Energy Llc |
| City | Lena |
| County | Stephenson County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 61048 |
| Coordinates | 42.36222, -89.80361 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5MW | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| ST2MW | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 1.8 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| CO₂ | 12.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 24 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 637 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.