Cogen South Power Plant

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Cogen South Power Plant is a 99 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by SCANA in North Charleston, South Carolina. The plant provides power to MeadWestvaco's North Charleston wood products processing plant.

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Plant Data

• Owner: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
• Parent Company: SCANA
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 99 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 99 MW (1999)
• Location: 5600 Virginia Ave., North Charleston, SC 29406
• GPS Coordinates: 32.897056, -79.967944
• Electricity Production: 573,438 MWh (2005)
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 1,039,625 tons (2006)
• SO₂ Emissions: 1,055 tons (2002)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh: 3.68 lb/MWh
• NO_x Emissions: 1,487 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
• South Carolina and coal
• SCANA
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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