540th largest plant in New York · 8274th nationally
Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 4.3 MW. It generates roughly 31.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,980 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 83% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 675 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Albany Medical Center |
| City | Albany |
| County | Albany County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 12208 |
| Coordinates | 42.65500, -73.77770 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.6 MW | Retired | 2013 |
| GTG1A | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.3 MW | Retired | 2020 |
| GTG1B | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.1 MW | Operating | 2024 |
| CO₂ | 10.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 29 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 675 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 | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | New York Independent System Operator |
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.