23rd largest plant in Missouri · 1109th nationally
Greenwood (Mo) is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 288 MW. It generates roughly 105.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 10,086 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 4% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Greenwood (Mo) |
|---|---|
| Operator | Evergy Missouri West |
| City | Greenwood |
| County | Jackson County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 64034 |
| Coordinates | 38.86150, -94.29820 |
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 Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 71.2 MW | Operating | 1975 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 71.2 MW | Operating | 1975 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 71.2 MW | Operating | 1977 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 71.2 MW | Operating | 1979 |
| 5 | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 3.0 MW | Operating | 2016 |
| SO₂ | 9 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 276 metric tons |
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.