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Coal power plant

Escalante

coal Power Plant
McKinley County, New Mexico
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
257 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
1,209,251 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 109,932 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
1,356,720 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 294,939 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
1,346,472.250 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
809.629 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
2,250.483 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
43,619.842 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
299,913.980 lbs