George Neal Station North
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{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}} George Neal Station North is a coal-fired power station owned by MidAmerican Energy (which, in turn, is owned by Berkshire Hathaway) near Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
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Plant Data
- Owner: MidAmerican Energy Company
- Parent Company: Berkshire Hathaway
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 1,046 MW
- Units and In-Service Dates: 147 MW (1964), 349 MW (1972), 550 MW (1975)
- Location: 1151 260th St., Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054
- GPS Coordinates: 42.326658, -96.379203
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Emissions Data
- CO2 Emissions: 7,043,476 tons (2006), 6,740,283.49 tons (2008)[1]
- SO2 Emissions: 21,539 tons (2006), 20,571.10 tons (2008)[2]
- SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- NOx Emissions: 11,121 tons (2006), 8,911.85 tons (2008)[2]
- Mercury Emissions: 260 lb. (2005)
George Neal North ranked 51st on list of most polluting power plants in terms of coal waste
In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of coal combustion waste (CCW) stored in surface impoundments like the one involved in the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill.[3] The data came from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for 2006, the most recent year available.[4]
George Neal Station North ranked number 51 on the list, with 612,005 pounds of coal combustion waste released to surface impoundments in 2006.[3]
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
- Iowa and coal
- MidAmerican Energy
- Berkshire Hathaway
- United States and coal
- Global warming
External Articles
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- ↑ Iowa Operating Permit Application, Title V Annual Emissions Summary
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Iowa Operating Permit Application, Form 5.0, Title V Annual Emissions Summary
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Sue Sturgis, "Coal's ticking timebomb: Could disaster strike a coal ash dump near you?," Institute for Southern Studies, January 4, 2009.
- ↑ TRI Explorer, EPA, accessed January 2009.
