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White Bluff Power Plant

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White Bluff Power Plant is a 1,480-megawatt base load coal-fired power station at Redfield, Arkansas, USA. It has one of the tallest chimneys in the world (305 meters), which was built in 1980.

EmissionsEdit

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.

The plant released 10,250,228 metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2012 according to the EPA. The emissions in metric tons comprised:

  • Carbon dioxide: 10,172,525
  • Methane: 24,688
  • Nitrous oxide: 53,015
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