Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP7 MW capacity

53rd largest plant in North Dakota · 6341st nationally

Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant is a other fossil power plant in North Dakota with a nameplate capacity of 7.5 MW. It generates roughly 31.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,959 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 695 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%47%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 2.8k MWh (50% of capacity)JFeb: 3.0k MWh (59% of capacity)FMar: 4.2k MWh (76% of capacity)MApr: 4.8k MWh (89% of capacity)AMay: 4.9k MWh (88% of capacity)MJun: 2.6k MWh (49% of capacity)JJAug: 3.0k MWh (53% of capacity)ASep: 5.1k MWh (95% of capacity)SOct: 4.5k MWh (81% of capacity)ONov: 3.2k MWh (59% of capacity)NDec: 3.6k MWh (64% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (7.5 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.

Capacity8 MWnameplate
Annual Generation31.1k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor47%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂10.8kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameTesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant
OperatorTesoro Refining And Marketing Co Llc
CityMandan
CountyMorton County
StateNorth Dakota
ZIP58554
Coordinates46.84920, -100.88080

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

Natural GasCoalWind

Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Other GasesOther Gas2.5 MWOperating1954
GEN2Other GasesOther Gas2.5 MWOperating1954
GEN3Other GasesOther Gas2.5 MWOperating1958

Emissions (annual)

CO₂10.8k metric tons
NOₓ17 metric tons
CO₂ Rate695 lb/MWh
This plant694 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 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 RegionMRO
Balancing AuthoritySouthwest Power Pool

About Other Fossil plants

Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant is a federally registered power generation facility in North Dakota.

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