146th largest plant in Indiana · 8803rd nationally
Poet Biorefining - Portland is a natural gas power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 3.5 MW. It generates roughly 20.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,914 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 66% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 732 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 - Portland |
|---|---|
| Operator | Poet Biorefining - Portland |
| City | Portland |
| County | Jay County |
| State | Indiana |
| ZIP | 47371 |
| Coordinates | 40.41445, -85.02554 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-745 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| CO₂ | 7.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 10 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 732 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.