106th largest plant in Ohio · 6299th nationally
Poet Biorefining - Marion, Llc is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 7.8 MW. It generates roughly 29.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,831 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 44% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 724 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 (7.8 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 - Marion, Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Poet Biorefining - Marion, Llc |
| City | Marion |
| County | Marion County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 43302 |
| Coordinates | 40.62200, -83.15700 |
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 | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| CO₂ | 10.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 15 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 724 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.