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Coal power plant

Michigan City Generating Station

coal Power Plant
LaPorte County, Indiana
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
680 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
1,072,965 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 97,542 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
1,270,236 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 276,138 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
1,260,553.625 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
485.251 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
534.129 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
41,200.619 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
283,515.719 lbs