Combustion Turbine Project No 2

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility50 MW capacity

399th largest plant in California · 3575th nationally

Combustion Turbine Project No 2 is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 50.0 MW. It generates roughly 6.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 630 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 2% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1038 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%2%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity50 MWnameplate
Annual Generation6.6k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor2%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂3.4kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameCombustion Turbine Project No 2
OperatorNorthern California Power Agny
CityLodi
CountySan Joaquin County
StateCalifornia
ZIP95242
Coordinates38.08814, -121.38694

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

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Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
NA1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas50.0 MWOperating1996

Emissions (annual)

CO₂3.4k metric tons
CO₂ Rate1038 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,038 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 AuthorityCalifornia Independent System Operator

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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