Arcelormittal Burns Harbor

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP176 MW capacity

44th largest plant in Indiana · 1702nd nationally

Arcelormittal Burns Harbor is a other fossil power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 176 MW. It generates roughly 820.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 78,120 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 53% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 3537 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%53%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 86.3k MWh (66% of capacity)JFeb: 80.8k MWh (68% of capacity)FMar: 84.5k MWh (64% of capacity)MApr: 64.1k MWh (51% of capacity)AMay: 79.2k MWh (60% of capacity)MJun: 82.3k MWh (65% of capacity)JJul: 89.5k MWh (68% of capacity)JAug: 87.6k MWh (67% of capacity)ASep: 85.0k MWh (67% of capacity)SOct: 68.2k MWh (52% of capacity)ONov: 59.4k MWh (47% of capacity)NDec: 54.9k MWh (42% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (176 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.

Capacity176 MWnameplate
Annual Generation820.3k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor53%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂1.5Mmetric tons

Location

Plant NameArcelormittal Burns Harbor
OperatorCleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor Llc
CityBurns Harbor
CountyPorter County
StateIndiana
ZIP46304
Coordinates41.63500, -87.13870

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasCoalSolarBiomass

Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN7Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas63.2 MWOperating1969
GEN5Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas62.0 MWOperating1970
GEN6Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas51.0 MWOperating1969

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Cleveland Cliffs IncCleveland, OH10000.0%
Arcelormittal Usa IncChicago, IL10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Emissions (annual)

CO₂1.5M metric tons
SO₂5 metric tons
NOₓ131 metric tons
CO₂ Rate3537 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWhThis plant3,536 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

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Arcelormittal Burns Harbor is a federally registered power generation facility in Indiana.

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