Joliet 9 Generating Station

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Joliet 9 Generating Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Edison International near Joliet, Illinois.

Plant Data

• Owner: Midwest Generations EME LLC
• Parent Company: Edison International
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 360 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 360 MW (1959)
• Location: 1601 South Patterson Rd., Joliet, IL 60436
• GPS Coordinates: 41.496281, -88.100184
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 1,555,597 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions:
• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

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
• Illinois and coal
• Edison International
• United States and coal
• Global warming

External Articles

This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.