617th largest plant in New York · 8730th nationally
Bronx Zoo is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 3.6 MW. It generates roughly 20.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,944 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 65% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 686 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Bronx Zoo |
|---|---|
| Operator | New York Zoological Society |
| City | New York |
| County | Bronx County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 10460 |
| Coordinates | 40.84411, -73.87689 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1995 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.5 MW | Standby | 1991 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.5 MW | Standby | 1991 |
| CO₂ | 7.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 151 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 686 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 | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | New York 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.