117th largest plant in Indiana · 6661st nationally
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville is a natural gas power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 6.1 MW. It generates roughly 34.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,246 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 64% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 761 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 (6.1 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 - Shelbyville |
|---|---|
| Operator | Poet Biorefing- Shelbyville |
| City | Shelbyville |
| County | Shelby County |
| State | Indiana |
| ZIP | 46176 |
| Coordinates | 39.56000, -85.82200 |
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 | 6.1 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| CO₂ | 13.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 18 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 761 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 | 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.