11th largest plant in Rhode Island · 4596th nationally
Toray Plastic America's Chp Plant is a natural gas power plant in Rhode Island with a nameplate capacity of 20.0 MW. It generates roughly 157.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 14,979 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 90% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 1132 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Toray Plastic America's Chp Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Toray Plastics America |
| City | North Kingstown |
| County | Washington County |
| State | Rhode Island |
| ZIP | 02852 |
| Coordinates | 41.59380, -71.42761 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 7.5 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| KG18 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 7.5 MW | Operating | 2014 |
| KG12 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 2014 |
| CO₂ | 89.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 1.3k metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1132 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.