161st largest plant in Iowa · 6134th nationally
Bloomfield is a natural gas power plant in Iowa with a nameplate capacity of 8.5 MW. It generates roughly 16 MWh per year — enough to power about 1 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 0% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1532 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Bloomfield |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Bloomfield - (Ia) |
| City | Bloomfield |
| County | Davis County |
| State | Iowa |
| ZIP | 52537 |
| Coordinates | 40.70310, -92.42530 |
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 Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.8 MW | Standby | 1975 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.7 MW | Standby | 1964 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.5 MW | Standby | 1958 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.9 MW | Standby | 1951 |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.3 MW | Standby | 1945 |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.3 MW | Standby | 1946 |
| CO₂ | 12 metric tons |
|---|---|
| CO₂ Rate | 1532 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 | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Associated Electric Cooperative, 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.