145th largest plant in Indiana · 8730th nationally
Poet Biorefining- Alexandria, Llc is a natural gas power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 3.6 MW. It generates roughly 16.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,571 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 52% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 707 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (3.6 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 | Poet Biorefining- Alexandria, Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Poet Biorefining - Alexandria, Llc. |
| City | Alexandria |
| County | Madison County |
| State | Indiana |
| ZIP | 46001 |
| Coordinates | 40.29435, -85.65444 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.6 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| CO₂ | 5.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 8 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 707 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.