Coal-fired Power
Plants in Virginia
Combined Emissions
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and
Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons per
year - source:
EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2005 |
48,899 |
191,104 |
30,615,038 |
| 2004 |
49,985 |
177,459 |
30,438,027 |
| 2003 |
59,863 |
194,517 |
32,054,227 |
| 2002 |
71,546 |
216,240 |
34,928,944 |
| 2001 |
70,514 |
196,368 |
34,962,980 |
| 2000 |
77,301 |
204,105 |
37,096,617 |
| 1999 |
86,840 |
210,927 |
35,216,691 |
| 1998 |
103,492 |
212,150 |
35,168,464 |
| 1997 |
105,425 |
209,239 |
33,815,170 |
| 1996 |
100,399 |
189,628 |
31,702,624 |
| 1995 |
105,344 |
205,608 |
27,518,566 |
Toxic Releases (in
pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes
facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
|
| Dioxin Releases (in grams) -
source: EPA TRI |
Information for each coal-fired facility
AEP -
Clinch River
AEP - Glen
Lyn
Dominion
- Bremo Bluff
Dominion
- Chesapeake
Dominion
- Chesterfield
Dominion
- Clover
Dominion
- Yorktown
Mirant
(Southern Energy) - Potomac River
Dominion
- Possum Point*
*(Switched from coal-fired
to natural gas-fired power in May 2003)
|
