101st largest plant in Kansas · 5123rd nationally
Wamego is a natural gas power plant in Kansas with a nameplate capacity of 15.2 MW.
| Plant Name | Wamego |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Wamego - (Ks) |
| City | Wamego |
| County | Pottawatomie County |
| State | Kansas |
| ZIP | 66547 |
| Coordinates | 39.19920, -96.30860 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.2 MW | Operating | 2016 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.4 MW | Operating | 1979 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | Operating | 1967 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Operating | 1963 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Operating | 1972 |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Operating | 1956 |
| CO₂ | 246 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 5 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 | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
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.