31st largest plant in Connecticut · 4349th nationally
Uconn Cogen Facility is a natural gas power plant in Connecticut with a nameplate capacity of 25.7 MW. It generates roughly 122.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 11,631 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 54% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 681 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (25.7 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.
| Plant Name | Uconn Cogen Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | University Of Connecticut |
| City | Storrs |
| County | Tolland County |
| State | Connecticut |
| ZIP | 06269 |
| Coordinates | 41.80917, -72.25417 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.9 MW | Operating | 2006 |
| CGT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.9 MW | Operating | 2006 |
| CGT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.9 MW | Operating | 2006 |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 2006 |
| CO₂ | 41.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 98 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 681 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.