61st largest plant in Wyoming · 6505th nationally
Beaver Creek Gas Plant is a natural gas power plant in Wyoming with a nameplate capacity of 6.8 MW. It generates roughly 21.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,076 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 37% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 733 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Beaver Creek Gas Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Denbury Inc |
| City | Riverton |
| County | Fremont County |
| State | Wyoming |
| ZIP | 82501 |
| Coordinates | 42.84750, -108.31360 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Operating | 1983 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Operating | 1992 |
| STG-1 | All Other | WH | 0.9 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| STG-2 | All Other | WH | 0.9 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| CO₂ | 8.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 22 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 733 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 | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region |
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.