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Coal power plant

Rush Island

coal Power Plant
Jefferson County, Missouri
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
1,242 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
5,545,392 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 504,127 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
5,850,288 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 1,271,802 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
5,802,416.000 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
13,201.364 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
2,187.926 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
203,776.613 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
1,400,797.770 lbs