24th largest plant in Virginia · 851st nationally
Hopewell Cogeneration is a natural gas power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 399 MW. It generates roughly 912.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 86,868 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 26% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 915 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 (399 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 | Hopewell Cogeneration |
|---|---|
| Operator | Luminant Generation Company Llc |
| City | Hopewell |
| County | Prince George County |
| State | Virginia |
| ZIP | 23860 |
| Coordinates | 37.29167, -77.28111 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 101 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 101 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 101 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 96.0 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| CO₂ | 417.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 437 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 915 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 | 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.