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Gas power plant

Shell Chemical

gas Power Plant
Ascension County, Louisiana
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
80 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
587,644 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 53,422 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
177,415 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 38,568 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
177,232.226 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
4.846 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
471.066 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
668.549 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
6,685.493 lbs