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Oil power plant

Pleasant Valley (VA)

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

Quick Stats

Capacity
20.5 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
427 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 39 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
508 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 110 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
506.311 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
1.439 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
4.111 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
8.201 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
41.006 lbs