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Deer Creek Station

gas Power Plant
Brookings County, South Dakota
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
324 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
856,663 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 77,878 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
415,572 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 90,342 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
415,176.344 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
2.096 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
63.437 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
1,444.687 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
14,446.866 lbs