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Oil power plant

NSB Wainwright Utility

oil Power Plant
North Slope County, Alaska
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
3.3 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
6,962 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 633 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
6,415 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 1,395 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
6,393.877 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
11.353 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
124.950 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
103.568 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
517.840 lbs