Cleveland Works

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP137 MW capacity

44th largest plant in Ohio · 2045th nationally

Cleveland Works is a other fossil power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 137 MW. It generates roughly 143.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 13,701 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 12% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 3237 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%12%
Peaking — intermittent or backup

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 19.4k MWh (19% of capacity)JFeb: 18.4k MWh (20% of capacity)FMar: 11.1k MWh (11% of capacity)MApr: 26.3k MWh (27% of capacity)AMay: 32.2k MWh (32% of capacity)MJun: 27.8k MWh (28% of capacity)JJul: 23.8k MWh (23% of capacity)JAug: 18.4k MWh (18% of capacity)ASep: 29.1k MWh (30% of capacity)SOct: 33.5k MWh (33% of capacity)ONov: 35.0k MWh (35% of capacity)NDec: 36.5k MWh (36% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (137 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.

Capacity137 MWnameplate
Annual Generation143.9k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor12%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂232.9kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameCleveland Works
OperatorCleveland Cliffs
CityCleveland
CountyCuyahoga County
StateOhio
ZIP44105
Coordinates41.47390, -81.67280

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

Natural GasCoalOilWindSolarBiomass

Generators (6)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GENGOther GasesBlast Furnace Gas70.0 MWOperating2022
GENCOther GasesBlast Furnace Gas22.0 MWOut of Service2010
GENAOther GasesBlast Furnace Gas15.0 MWRetired1950
GEN3Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas10.0 MWRetired1965
GEN5Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas10.0 MWRetired1965
GENBOther GasesBlast Furnace Gas10.0 MWOperating1965

Emissions (annual)

CO₂232.9k metric tons
SO₂2 metric tons
NOₓ77 metric tons
CO₂ Rate3237 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWhThis plant3,237 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 RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityPjm Interconnection, Llc

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Cleveland Works is a federally registered power generation facility in Ohio.

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