Clark (Nve)

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility1,375 MW capacity

2nd largest plant in Nevada · 179th nationally

Clark (Nve) is a natural gas power plant in Nevada with a nameplate capacity of 1,376 MW. It generates roughly 570.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 54,348 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 5% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 308 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%5%
Peaking — intermittent or backup

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 41.2k MWh (4% of capacity)JFeb: 13.3k MWh (1% of capacity)FMApr: 355 MWh (0% of capacity)AMay: 424 MWh (0% of capacity)MJun: 89.6k MWh (9% of capacity)JJul: 212.8k MWh (21% of capacity)JAug: 160.0k MWh (16% of capacity)ASep: 126.6k MWh (13% of capacity)SOct: 72.8k MWh (7% of capacity)ONov: 96.5k MWh (10% of capacity)NDec: 48.3k MWh (5% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,376 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.

Capacity1,376 MWnameplate
Annual Generation570.7k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor5%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂87.8kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameClark (Nve)
OperatorNevada Power Co
CityLas Vegas
CountyClark County
StateNevada
ZIP89122
Coordinates36.08750, -115.05070

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

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Generators (22)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
10Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas104 MWOperating1994
9Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas104 MWOperating1993
GT5Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas92.5 MWOperating1979
GT6Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas92.5 MWOperating1979
GT7Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas92.5 MWOperating1980
GT8Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas92.5 MWOperating1982
3Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas75.0 MWRetired1961
GT4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas72.4 MWOperating1973
2Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas65.0 MWRetired1957
11Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
12Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
13Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
14Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
15Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
16Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
17Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
18Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
19Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
20Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
22Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2008
21Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas58.9 MWOperating2008
1Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas50.0 MWRetired1955

Emissions (annual)

CO₂87.8k metric tons
NOₓ19 metric tons
CO₂ Rate308 lb/MWh
This plant307 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionWECC
Balancing AuthorityNevada Power Company

About Natural Gas plants

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.

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