60th largest plant in Missouri · 3864th nationally
Carthage is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 41.8 MW.
| Plant Name | Carthage |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Carthage - (Mo) |
| City | Carthage |
| County | Jasper County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 64836 |
| Coordinates | 37.17665, -94.29943 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 7.0 MW | Operating | 1965 |
| 13 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 6.0 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 14 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 6.0 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 5.0 MW | Operating | 1957 |
| 11 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 4.5 MW | Operating | 1970 |
| 12 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 4.5 MW | Operating | 1971 |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 3.3 MW | Operating | 1952 |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 3.0 MW | Operating | 1949 |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 2.5 MW | Operating | 1946 |
| NERC Region | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
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.