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Oil power plant

Nelson Industrial Steam Company

oil Power Plant
Calcasieu County, Louisiana
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
1,596.8 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
3,211,248 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 291,932 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
2,053,534 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 446,420 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
2,030,835.094 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
15,421.419 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
971.145 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
98,941.718 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
636,576.557 lbs