100th largest plant in New York · 3433rd nationally
Indeck Silver Springs Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 56.6 MW. It generates roughly 40.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,881 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 8% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1146 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 (56.6 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 | Indeck Silver Springs Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Indeck-Energy Serv Silver Spg |
| City | Silver Springs |
| County | Wyoming County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 14550 |
| Coordinates | 42.65440, -78.07720 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 39.4 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 17.2 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| CO₂ | 23.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 21 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1146 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.