22nd largest plant in Alabama · 1129th nationally
Hog Bayou Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Alabama with a nameplate capacity of 280 MW. It generates roughly 1.5M MWh per year — enough to power about 143,866 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 62% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 898 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 (280 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 | Hog Bayou Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Mobile Energy Llc |
| City | Mobile |
| County | Mobile County |
| State | Alabama |
| ZIP | 36610 |
| Coordinates | 30.74780, -88.05750 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| ST01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 80.0 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 678.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 3 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 55 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 898 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 | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans |
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.