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Oil power plant

Pella Peaking

oil Power Plant
Marion County, Iowa
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
32 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
272 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 25 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
244 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 53 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
243.922 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
0.433 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
4.774 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
3.951 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
19.756 lbs