Kyger Creek Station

{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}} Kyger Creek Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation near Gallipolis, Ohio.

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Plant Data

• Owner/Parent Company: Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (43.4% AEP, 20.5% FirstEnergy, and other companies)
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 1,086 MW
• Units and In-Service Dates: 217 MW (1955), 217 MW (1955), 217 MW (1955), 217 MW (1955), 217 MW (1955)
• Location: 5758 Ohio State Rte. 7 North, Gallipolis, OH 45631
• GPS Coordinates: 38.914247, -82.129058
• Coal Consumption:
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• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 7,167,983 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 67,157 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 17,863 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 385 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.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Ohio and coal
• Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
• American Electric Power
• FirstEnergy
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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