Rosebud Power Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Rosebud Power Plant is a 46.1-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by Colstrip Energy LP near Colstrip, Montana.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Colstrip Energy LP
• Parent Company: Colstrip Energy LP
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 46.1 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 1: 46.1 MW (1990)
• Location: 18 Snider Subdivision Rd., Colstrip, MT 59323
• GPS Coordinates: 45.975156, -106.655244
• Technology: Subcritical
• Coal type: Sub-bituminous Waste Coal
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source: Rosebud Mine (Western Energy)
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements:

Coal Source

The plant burns waste coal from the Rosebud coal mine.

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 433,622 tons (2006)
• SO₂ Emissions: 705 tons (2002)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh: 4.62 lb/MWh
• NO_x Emissions: 537 tons (2002)
• 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
• Montana and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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