515th largest plant in New York · 8089th nationally
Obp Cogen is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 4.6 MW. It generates roughly 25.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,415 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 63% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 666 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Obp Cogen |
|---|---|
| Operator | Obp Cogen Llc |
| City | New York |
| County | New York County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 10036 |
| Coordinates | 40.75487, -73.98325 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1OBP | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.6 MW | Operating | 2010 |
| CO₂ | 8.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 23 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 666 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.