71st largest plant in Missouri · 4327th nationally
Anheuser-Busch St Louis is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 26.1 MW. It generates roughly 43.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 4,121 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 19% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 584 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 (26.1 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 | Anheuser-Busch St Louis |
|---|---|
| Operator | Anheuser-Busch Inc |
| City | St. Louis |
| County | St Louis City County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 63118 |
| Coordinates | 38.59775, -90.21067 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 11.0 MW | Operating | 1947 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 11.0 MW | Operating | 1948 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.1 MW | Out of Service | 1939 |
| CO₂ | 12.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 18 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 584 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 | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
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.