POET Biorefining - Shelbyville
Natural gas power plant · Shelby County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
6.1 MW
Rank in Indiana
#130
of 224 plants
In service since
2020
June 2020
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- POET Biorefing- Shelbyville
- County
- Shelby County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #37 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 63921
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 6.1 MW | 5.5 MW | 2020 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Prairie View I & II LFGTE | Natural gas | 6.4 MW |
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| BioTown Ag | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Kokomo Solar 1, LLC | Solar | 5.4 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 6.1 MW solar plant and a 6.1 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 Indiana power plants · What Indiana actually generates