45th largest plant in Missouri · 2713th nationally
Ralph Green is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 88.9 MW. It generates roughly 38.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,656 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 5% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Ralph Green |
|---|---|
| Operator | Evergy Missouri West |
| City | Pleasant Hill |
| County | Cass County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 64080 |
| Coordinates | 38.78758, -94.27769 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 88.9 MW | Operating | 1981 |
| NOₓ | 100 metric tons |
|---|
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 | Southwest Power Pool |
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.