170th largest plant in Maine · 8653rd nationally
Eastern Maine Medical Center is a natural gas power plant in Maine with a nameplate capacity of 3.8 MW. It generates roughly 30.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,940 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 93% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 619 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Eastern Maine Medical Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Eastern Maine Medical Center |
| City | Bangor |
| County | Penobscot County |
| State | Maine |
| ZIP | 04402 |
| Coordinates | 44.80833, -68.75083 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COGE | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.8 MW | Operating | 2006 |
| CO₂ | 9.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 26 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 619 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.
| NERC Region | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Iso New England Inc. |
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.