American Eagle Paper Power Plant

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American Eagle Paper Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by MeadWestvaco in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. The plant provides power to MeadWestvaco's American Eagle Paper Mill. The first three units, built in the 1920's and 30's, are currently shut down; the fourth unit, built in 1958, is the only one currently in operation.

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Plant Data

• Owner: American Eagle Paper Company
• Parent Company: MeadWestvaco
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 17.5 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 2.5 MW (1929), 4.5 MW (1930), 3.0 MW (1936), 7.5 MW (1958)
• Location: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone, PA 16686
• GPS Coordinates: 40.679543, -78.234678
• Electricity Production: 46,073 MWh (2005)
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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.
• NETL Coal Power Plant Database, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.
• AirData Query Database, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed April 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Pennsylvania and coal
• MeadWestvaco
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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