White Bluff Power Plant
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The White Bluff Power Plant is a 1,800.0-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station operated by Entergy Arkansas in Barraque Township, Arkansas.[1] The plant is owned and operated by Entergy and has one of the tallest chimneys in the world at Script error: No such module "convert"., which was built in 1980.
Retirement
In 2018, Entergy announced it will close the plant by 2028.[2]
Emissions
In 2013, Environment America ranked the plant 42 on its list of the 100 dirtiest coal-fired power stations in the U.S., reporting that its 2011 emissions were equivalent to 2.16 million passenger vehicles.[3]
The plant released 10,250,228 metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2012 according to the EPA.[4] The emissions in metric tons comprised:
- Carbon dioxide: 10,172,525
- Methane: 24,688
- Nitrous oxide: 53,015
See also
References
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External links
- Data on generation and fuel consumption from the Energy Information Administration Electricity Data Browser
- Drawings of White Bluff Power Plant at SkyscraperPage.com
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- 1980 establishments in Arkansas
- Barraque Township
- Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures on the Arkansas River
- Chimneys in the United States
- Coal-fired power stations in Arkansas
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1980
- Entergy
- Towers completed in 1980
- Towers in Arkansas