Purdue University
Natural gas power plant · Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
43 MW
Rank in Indiana
#87
of 224 plants
In service since
1969
January 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Purdue University
- County
- Tippecanoe County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #28 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 50240
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 31 MW | 31 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 11 MW | 7.0 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | 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 Indiana
| Jasper County Solar Project | Solar | 60 MW |
| Troy Solar | Solar | 50 MW |
| University of Notre Dame | Natural gas | 40 MW |
| Expander Turbine | Natural gas | 20 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 43 MW solar plant and a 43 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