James River Power Station

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James River Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri.

The plant was converted to natural gas in 2015.

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Plant Data

• Owner: City Utilities of Springfield
• Parent Entity: City of Springfield, Missouri
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 253 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 22 MW (1957), 22 MW (1957), 44 MW (1960), 60 MW (1964), 105 MW (1970)
• Location: 5701 South Kissick Rd., Springfield, MO 65804
• GPS Coordinates: 37.108158, -93.258308
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 1,401,226 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
• Missouri and coal
• City Utilities of Springfield
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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