30th largest plant in Maryland · 4266th nationally
Nih Cogeneration Facility is a natural gas power plant in Maryland with a nameplate capacity of 28.0 MW. It generates roughly 175.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,713 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 72% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.
| Plant Name | Nih Cogeneration Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Institutes Of Health |
| City | Bethesda |
| County | Montgomery County |
| State | Maryland |
| ZIP | 20892 |
| Coordinates | 39.00000, -77.09390 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGT | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 28.0 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| CGTG | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 22.0 MW | Retired | 2004 |
| NOₓ | 42 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.