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{{Infobox power station
| name                   = Independence Power Plant
| name_official          = Entegy Independence Plant
| image                  = ChrisLitherlandNewark.jpg
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| coordinates            = {{coord|35|40|38|N|91|24|35|W|region:US-AR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country                = United States
| location               = [[Newark, Arkansas|Newark]], [[Independence County, Arkansas]]
| status                 = O
| construction_began     = 
| commissioned           = 1983 (unit 1), 1984 (unit 2)
| decommissioned         = 
| cost                   = 
| owner                  = [[Entergy]] (31%)
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| ps_units_operational   = 2
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| ps_electrical_capacity = 1,678 [[Megawatt|MW]]
| ps_electrical_cap_fac  = 
| website                = 
| extra                  = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.entergy.com/content/investor_relations/pdfs/2012_Investor_Guide.pdf |title=Entergy Statistical Report and Investor Guide 2012 |year=2012 |publisher=Entergy |access-date=25 February 2014 |archive-date=26 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826142215/http://www.entergy.com/content/investor_relations/pdfs/2012_Investor_Guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Independence Power Plant''' is a 1,678-megawatt [[coal]]-fired [[base load]] power plant near [[Newark, Arkansas]]. The plant has two units, rated at 850 [[MWe]] each, that came online in 1983 and 1984.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006
  | publisher = [[Energy Information Administration]], U.S. Department of Energy
  | year = 2006
  | url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html
  | format = Excel
  | access-date = 2008-07-14}}</ref> The plant is owned in part by [[Entergy]] Arkansas. It has a 305-meter chimney built in 1983.

==Emissions==
In 2013, [[Environment America]] ranked the plant 35th on its list of the 100 dirtiest [[coal-fired power station]]s in the U.S., reporting that its 2011 emissions were equivalent to 2.3 million passenger vehicles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://environmentamericacenter.org/sites/environment/files/reports/Dirty%20Power%20Plants.pdf |title=America's Dirtiest Power Plants: Their Oversized Contribution to Global Warming and What We Can Do About It |last1=Schneider |first1=Jordan |last2=Madsen |first2=Travis |date=September 2013 |publisher=Environment America Research & Policy Center |access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>

The plant released 10,787,400 [[Tonne|metric tons]] of [[greenhouse gas]]es in 2012 according to the EPA.<ref>{{Citation |title= EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data| publisher  = Environmental Protection Agency| url=http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do#/facilityDetail/?&st=AR&fc=05063&bs=&fid=1001059&sf=11001000&lowE=0&highE=23000000&g1=1&g2=1&g3=1&g4=1&g5=1&g6=0&g7=1&g8=1&g9=1&g10=1&s1=1&s2=1&s3=1&s4=1&s5=1&s6=1&s7=1&s8=1&s9=1&s201=1&s202=1&s203=1&s204=1&s301=1&s302=1&s303=1&s304=1&s305=1&s306=1&s307=1&s401=1&s402=1&s403=1&s404=1&s405=1&s601=1&s602=1&s701=1&s702=1&s703=1&s704=1&s705=1&s706=1&s707=1&s708=1&s709=1&s710=1&s711=1&s801=1&s802=1&s803=1&s804=1&s805=1&s806=1&s807=1&s808=1&s809=1&s810=1&s901=1&s902=1&s903=1&s904=1&s905=1&s906=1&s907=1&s908=1&s909=1&ss=&so=0&ds=E&yr=2012&tr=current&cyr=2012 | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> The emissions in metric tons comprised:
*Carbon dioxide: 10,705,646
*Methane: 25,974
*[[Nitrous oxide]]: 55,780

== Phase-out plan ==
In 2018, the owner Entergy announced a plan to close the plant by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/nov/17/entergy-to-phase-out-two-coal-fired-pla-1/|title=Entergy to phase out two coal-fired plants in Arkansas|date=2018-11-17|website=Arkansas Online|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of power stations in Arkansas]]
* [[Global warming]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5012 tower diagram] 
* [https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/6641 Data on generation and fuel consumption] from the [[Energy Information Administration]] Electricity Data Browser


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[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1983]]
[[Category:Towers completed in 1983]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1984]]
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Independence County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Towers in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Chimneys in the United States]]
[[Category:Entergy]]


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