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Coal power plant

Ghent

coal Power Plant
Carroll County, Kentucky
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
2,225.9 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
10,164,161 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 924,015 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
10,917,116 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 2,373,286 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
10,824,157.500 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
8,546.381 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
6,350.863 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
395,676.763 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
2,720,280.587 lbs