203rd largest plant in Iowa · 8379th nationally
Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc is a natural gas power plant in Iowa with a nameplate capacity of 4.0 MW. It generates roughly 16.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,532 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 46% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 719 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 (4.0 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-Hanlontown, Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc |
| City | Hanlontown |
| County | Worth County |
| State | Iowa |
| ZIP | 50444 |
| Coordinates | 43.29236, -93.39280 |
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 | 4.0 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| CO₂ | 5.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 8 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 719 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 | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
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.