968th largest plant in California · 6987th nationally
Welport Lease Project is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 5.0 MW. It generates roughly 20.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,975 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 732 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Welport Lease Project |
|---|---|
| Operator | Sentinel Peak Resources California, Llc |
| City | Mckittrick |
| County | Kern County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 93251 |
| Coordinates | 35.35444, -119.66170 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TI | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| CO₂ | 7.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 21 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 732 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 | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | California Independent System Operator |
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.