135th largest plant in Illinois · 4231st nationally
Geneva Generation Facility is a natural gas power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 29.5 MW. It generates roughly 3.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 348 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1014 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Geneva Generation Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Geneva- (Il) |
| City | Geneva |
| County | Kane County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 60134 |
| Coordinates | 41.89110, -88.27110 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 5.9 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| GEN 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 5.9 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| GEN 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 5.9 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| GEN 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 5.9 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| GEN 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 5.9 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| GEN6 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 2.0 MW | Retired | 2005 |
| CO₂ | 1.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 45 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1014 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 | 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.