Iatan Generating Station

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Iatan Generating Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Great Plains Energy near Weston, Missouri.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Kansas City Power & Light Company
• Parent Company: Great Plains Energy
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 726 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 726 MW (1980)
• Location: 20250 Hwy. 45 North, Weston, MO 64098
• GPS Coordinates: 39.448333, -94.978611
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 5,397,589 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 17,518 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 7,652 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 220 lb.

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Iatan 2
• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Missouri and coal
• Great Plains Energy
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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