University of Missouri-Columbia Power Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} MU Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by the University of Missouri near MU campus in Columbia, Missouri. The University has five boilers permitted to burn a combination of bituminous coal, tire derived fuel, biomass, and natural gas. The school used more than 48,900 tons of coal for electricity generation in 2007.

The University is a member of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment and is in a partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute to fight climate change.

Proposed expansion

According to the Sierra Club, officials at the MU Columbia proposed adding a new CFB 40-MW coal fired unit to its existing plant. In March 2008, a consultant to the Board of Curators was expected to present a proposal on the new plant to the Board. However, as of August 2008 no permit application had been received by the Department of Natural Resources, and none was expected.

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Plant Data

• Owner: University of Missouri
• Parent Company: State of Missouri
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 53.0 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 6.2 MW (1961), 12.5 MW (1974), 19.8 MW (1986), 14.5 MW (1988)
• Location: 417 South Fifth St., Columbia, MO 65201
• GPS Coordinates: 38.94664, -92.33285
• Electricity Production: 138,063 MWh (2005)
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 353,166 tons (2006)
• SO₂ Emissions: 9,729 tons (2002)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• NO_x Emissions: 743 tons (2002)
• Mercury Emissions:

Articles and Resources

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Campus coal plants
• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Missouri and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

External Articles

• 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.