55th largest plant in Connecticut · 5863rd nationally
Sikorsky Aircraft Chp is a natural gas power plant in Connecticut with a nameplate capacity of 9.9 MW. It generates roughly 64.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 6,128 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 74% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1113 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Sikorsky Aircraft Chp |
|---|---|
| Operator | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation |
| City | Stratford |
| County | Fairfield County |
| State | Connecticut |
| ZIP | 06615 |
| Coordinates | 41.25001, -73.09865 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 9.2 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| STG-1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 0.6 MW | Operating | 2021 |
| PV-1 | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 0.1 MW | Operating | 2010 |
| CO₂ | 35.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 98 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1113 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 | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Iso New England 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.