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Oil power plant

Low Moor

oil Power Plant
Alleghany County, Virginia
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
82.8 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
599 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 54 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
843 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 183 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
840.476 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
2.599 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
4.576 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
13.614 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
68.070 lbs