90th largest plant in Virginia · 4300th nationally
Celanese Acetate Llc is a natural gas power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 27.2 MW. It generates roughly 161.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 15,373 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 68% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (27.2 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 | Celanese Acetate Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Celanese Acetate Llc |
| City | Narrows |
| County | Giles County |
| State | Virginia |
| ZIP | 24124 |
| Coordinates | 37.34390, -80.76500 |
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 Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 9.2 MW | Operating | 1966 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 6.0 MW | Operating | 1942 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 6.0 MW | Operating | 1942 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 6.0 MW | Operating | 1944 |
| DEG1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 2.6 MW | Retired | 1996 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Celanese Acetate Corp | Narrows, VA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| NOₓ | 49 metric tons |
|---|
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.