TXI Riverside Cement Power House

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} TXI Riverside Cement Power House is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Qwest Communications near Oro Grande, California. The plant provides power to Riverside Cement Company's Oro Grande cement facility, which is also owned by Qwest.

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Plant Data

• Owner: U.S. West Financial Services Inc.
• Parent Company: Qwest Communications
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 24.0 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 12.0 MW (1954), 12.0 MW (1954)
• Location: 19409 National Trails Hwy., Oro Grande, CA 92368
• GPS Coordinates: 34.605244, -117.338427
• Electricity Production: 148,155 MWh (2005)
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 294,431 tons (2006)
• SO₂ Emissions: 0.2 tons (2002)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• NO_x Emissions: 36 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
• California and coal
• Qwest Communications
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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