28th largest plant in Ohio · 790th nationally
Richland (Oh) is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 450 MW. It generates roughly 231.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 22,043 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 6% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1603 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Richland (Oh) |
|---|---|
| Operator | Richland-Stryker Generation Llc |
| City | Defiance |
| County | Defiance County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 43512 |
| Coordinates | 41.30520, -84.33462 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 135 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 135 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 135 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 15.0 MW | Operating | 1965 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 15.0 MW | Operating | 1966 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 15.0 MW | Operating | 1966 |
| CO₂ | 185.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 133 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1603 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.