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Oil power plant

Buxton

oil Power Plant
Dare County, North Carolina
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
15 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
549 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 50 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
588 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 128 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
586.665 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
1.041 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
11.545 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
9.503 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
47.514 lbs