Indian River power station

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Indian River Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by NRG Energy near Millsboro, Delaware.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Indian River Operations Inc.
• Parent Company: NRG Energy
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 782 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 82 MW (1957), 82 MW (1959), 177 MW (1970), 442 MW (1980)
• Location: 29416 Powerplant Rd., Millsboro, DE 19966
• GPS Coordinates: 38.585556, -75.234722
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 3,572,468 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 20,705 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 6,372 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 172 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

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Delaware and coal
• NRG Energy
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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