412th largest plant in California · 3658th nationally
Walnut is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 49.8 MW.
| Plant Name | Walnut |
|---|---|
| Operator | Turlock Irrigation District |
| City | Turlock |
| County | Stanislaus County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 95380 |
| Coordinates | 37.49030, -120.90440 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 24.9 MW | Operating | 1986 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 24.9 MW | Operating | 1986 |
| CO₂ | 498 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 1 metric tons |
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 | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Turlock Irrigation District |
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.