Argonne National Laboratory CHP
Natural gas power plant · DuPage County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
6.3 MW
Rank in Illinois
#183
of 580 plants
In service since
2016
May 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Argonne National Laboratory
- County
- DuPage County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
- #53 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 60742
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHP | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 6.3 MW | 4.7 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Illinois
| Adkins Energy LLC | Natural gas | 6.8 MW |
| Greene Valley Gas Recovery | Other | 6.6 MW |
| McLeansboro | Other | 6.1 MW |
| Charter Dura-Bar | Natural gas | 6.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 6.3 MW solar plant and a 6.3 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates