53rd largest plant in New York · 2290th nationally
Greenidge Generation Llc is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 112 MW. It generates roughly 624.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 59,439 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 64% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1243 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (112 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 | Greenidge Generation Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Greenidge Generation Holdings Llc |
| City | Dresden |
| County | Yates County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 14441 |
| Coordinates | 42.67890, -76.94830 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 112 MW | Operating | 1953 |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 50.0 MW | Retired | 1950 |
| CO₂ | 388.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 66 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1243 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 | New York Independent System Operator |
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.