Murray Turbine

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility42 MW capacity

42nd largest plant in Utah · 3848th nationally

Murray Turbine is a natural gas power plant in Utah with a nameplate capacity of 42.0 MW. It generates roughly 14.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,341 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 4% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1475 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%4%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity42 MWnameplate
Annual Generation14.1k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor4%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂10.4kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameMurray Turbine
OperatorCity Of Murray - (Ut)
CityMurray
CountySalt Lake County
StateUtah
ZIP84107
Coordinates40.67000, -111.89000

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Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas14.0 MWOperating2001
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas14.0 MWOperating2001
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas14.0 MWOperating2002

Emissions (annual)

CO₂10.4k metric tons
NOₓ28 metric tons
CO₂ Rate1475 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,475 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionWECC
Balancing AuthorityPacificorp - East

About Natural Gas plants

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.

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