19th largest plant in Illinois · 508th nationally
Lincoln Generating Facility is a natural gas power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 692 MW. It generates roughly 12.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,141 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 0% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1706 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Lincoln Generating Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Lincoln Generating Facility Llc |
| City | Manhattan |
| County | Will County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 60442 |
| Coordinates | 41.39332, -87.94361 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CO₂ | 10.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 2 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1706 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 | 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.