Earl F. Wisdom Generating Station

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Earl F. Wisdom Generating Station was a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Corn Belt Power Cooperative near Spencer, Iowa.

The power station was retired in 2014.

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Plant Data

• Owner/Parent Company: Corn Belt Power Cooperative
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 33 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 33 MW (1960)
• Location: 3365 165th Ave., Spencer, IA 51301
• GPS Coordinates: 43.1605, -95.257556
• Electricity Production: 138,410 MWh (2005)
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 202,999 tons (2005), 135,422.97 tons (2008)
• SO₂ Emissions: 1,816 tons (2005), 995.35 tons (2008)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh: 26.24 lb/MWh
• NO_x Emissions: 708 tons (2005), 374.77 tons (2008)
• 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.
• 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
• Iowa and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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