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Prairie State Generating Station

coal Power Plant
St Clair County, Illinois
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
1,766 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
12,053,090 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 1,095,735 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
13,955,167 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 3,033,732 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
13,859,542.500 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
10,741.238 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
4,125.703 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
407,012.805 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
2,798,381.510 lbs