Wood Road is a natural gas power plant in Michigan.
| Plant Name | Wood Road |
|---|---|
| Operator | Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl |
| City | Lansing |
| County | Clinton County |
| State | Michigan |
| ZIP | 48906 |
| Coordinates | 42.77289, -84.52367 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Retired | 2008 |
| 1-6 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Retired | 2008 |
| 1-7 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Retired | 2008 |
| 1-1 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Retired | 1993 |
| 1-2 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Retired | 1993 |
| 1-3 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Retired | 1994 |
| 1-4 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Retired | 1997 |
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, 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.