99th largest plant in Missouri · 6987th nationally
Grand Ave Plant is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 5.0 MW. It generates roughly 40.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,872 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 93% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 655 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (5.0 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.
| Plant Name | Grand Ave Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Vicinity Energy Kansas City |
| City | Kansas City |
| County | Jackson County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 64106 |
| Coordinates | 39.11194, -94.58111 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| CO₂ | 13.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 19 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 655 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 | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
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.