St. Joseph Hospital

🛢 OilCommercial Non-CHP1 MW capacity

1013th largest plant in New York · 12583rd nationally

St. Joseph Hospital is a oil power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 1.1 MW. It generates roughly 14 MWh per year — enough to power about 1 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 0% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1167 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%0%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity1 MWnameplate
Annual Generation14 MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor0%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂8metric tons

Location

Plant NameSt. Joseph Hospital
OperatorSt. Joseph Hospital (Ny)
CityYonkers
CountyWestchester County
StateNew York
ZIP10701
Coordinates40.92883, -73.89802

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasOilSolar

Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
CT750Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil0.8 MWStandby1978
CT250Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil0.3 MWOut of Service1960
KH200Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil0.2 MWStandby2024

Emissions (annual)

CO₂8 metric tons
CO₂ Rate1167 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,166 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionNPCC
Balancing AuthorityNew York Independent System Operator

About Oil plants

Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.

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