Back to South Dakota Power Details
Gas power plant

Groton Generating Station

gas Power Plant
Brown County, South Dakota
View on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
188.5 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
119,402 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 10,855 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
68,557 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 14,904 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
68,485.113 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
0.346 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
51.924 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
263.406 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
2,634.061 lbs