120th largest plant in Illinois · 3473rd nationally
Ingredion Incorporated is a natural gas power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 54.6 MW. It generates roughly 216.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 20,586 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 45% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (54.6 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 | Ingredion Incorporated |
|---|---|
| Operator | Ingredion Inc - Illinois |
| City | Bedford Park |
| County | Cook County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 60501 |
| Coordinates | 41.77750, -87.82330 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGO1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 22.5 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| TGO2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 22.5 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| TG03 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.8 MW | Standby | 1996 |
| TG04 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.8 MW | Standby | 1996 |
| NOₓ | 45 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 | RFC |
|---|---|
| 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.