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Location Plant Name Calumet Operator Midwest Generations Eme Llc City Chicago County Cook County State Illinois ZIP 60409 Coordinates 41.71361, -87.54278
Generators (15) ID Technology Fuel Capacity Status Online 341 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 19.0 MW Retired 1970 342 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 19.0 MW Retired 1970 343 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 19.0 MW Retired 1970 344 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 19.0 MW Retired 1970 311 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 312 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 313 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 314 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 321 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1996 322 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1996 323 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 324 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 331 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 332 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969 333 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas 18.4 MW Retired 1969
What this means 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.