350th largest plant in California · 3314th nationally
Algonquin Power Sanger Llc is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 61.5 MW. It generates roughly 14.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,417 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 3% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1219 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (61.5 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 | Algonquin Power Sanger Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Algonquin Power Sanger Llc |
| City | Sanger |
| County | Fresno County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 93657 |
| Coordinates | 36.68420, -119.55220 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 49.0 MW | Operating | 2007 |
| STG | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 12.5 MW | Retired | 1990 |
| STG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 12.5 MW | Operating | 2012 |
| CO₂ | 9.1k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 1 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1219 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 | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | California 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.