Warrick Power Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Warrick Power Plant (also known as Sigeco-Warrick Power Plant) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Alcoa near Newburgh, Indiana. It powers Alcoa's Warrick aluminum smelter.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Alcoa Generating Corp.
• Parent Company: Alcoa
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 755 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 144 MW (1960), 144 MW (1964), 144 MW (1965), 323 MW (1970)
• Location: 4000 S.R. 66, Newburgh, IN 47629
• GPS Coordinates: 37.913972, -87.332306
• Coal Consumption:
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• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 6,199,079 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
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• 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
• Indiana and coal
• Alcoa
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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