143rd largest plant in Ohio · 8803rd nationally
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 3.5 MW. It generates roughly 21.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,042 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 70% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 736 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 (3.5 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 - Fostoria |
|---|---|
| Operator | Fostoria Ethanol |
| City | Fostoria |
| County | Seneca County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 44830 |
| Coordinates | 41.17180, -83.37770 |
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 | 3.5 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| CO₂ | 7.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 11 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 736 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.