189th largest plant in Pennsylvania · 6771st nationally
Bucknell University is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 5.9 MW. It generates roughly 42.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 4,065 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 83% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 620 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 (5.9 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 | Bucknell University |
|---|---|
| Operator | Bucknell University |
| City | Lewisburg |
| County | Union County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 17837 |
| Coordinates | 40.95502, -76.87884 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G001 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 4.7 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| G502 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| CO₂ | 13.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 33 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 620 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 | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
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.