Clover Power Station
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Clover Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Dominion near Clover, Virginia.
Clover's two coal-fired units 1 and 2 are proposed for retirement in 2025 by plant owner Dominion.[1]
Plant Data
- Owner: Dominion Virginia Power
- Parent Company: Dominion
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 848 MW (Megawatts)
- Units and In-Service Dates: 424 MW (1995), 424 MW (1996)
- Location: Route 600, Clover, VA 24534
- GPS Coordinates: 36.8667, -78.7
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 7,668,938 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions: 1,854 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions: 10,035 tons
- 2005 Mercury Emissions: 17 lb.
| State | Facility ID# | Unit | Year | Op. hrs | Months | SO2 Tons | NOx Rate(lb/mmBtu) | NOx Tons | CO2 Tons | Heat Input(mmBtu) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | Clover 7213 | 1 | 2010 | 8380 | 12 | 1,223.4 | 0.28 | 4,689.9 | 3,348,322.5 | 32,634,770 |
| VA | Clover 7213 | 2 | 2010 | 8405 | 12 | 1,122.5 | 0.30 | 5,144.7 | 3,486,470.5 | 33,981,205 |
| Facility Total | 2010 | 2,345.9 | 9,834.6 | 6,834,793 |
Source: http://camddataandmaps.epa.gov/gdm/index.cfm?fuseaction=emissions.wizard
Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Clover Power Station
In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants.[2] Fine particle pollution consists of a complex mixture of soot, heavy metals, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Among these particles, the most dangerous are those less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and pneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal plant emissions. These deaths and illnesses are major examples of coal's external costs, i.e. uncompensated harms inflicted upon the public at large. Low-income and minority populations are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities. To monetize the health impact of fine particle pollution from each coal plant, Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.[3]
Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Clover Power Station
| Type of Impact | Annual Incidence | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 12 | $91,000,000 |
| Heart attacks | 19 | $2,100,000 |
| Asthma attacks | 210 | $11,000 |
| Hospital admissions | 9 | $220,000 |
| Chronic bronchitis | 8 | $3,400,000 |
| Asthma ER visits | 10 | $4,000 |
Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed February 2011
Citizen groups
- Appalachian Voices
- Blue Ridge Earth First
- Concerned Citizens of Giles County
- Do Something Charlottesville
- Chesapeake Climate Action Virginia
- Mountain Justice Blacksburg
- Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
- Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
- Virginia Tech Beyond Coal
- Wise Energy for Virginia
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Dominion 2018 Integrated Resource Plan, Dominion, Filed May 1, 2018
- ↑ "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source," Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.
- ↑ "Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool," Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010
- 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.
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