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Oil power plant

Anderson Erickson

oil Power Plant
Polk County, Iowa
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
2 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
39 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 4 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
27 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 6 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
27.684 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
0.049 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
0.550 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
0.448 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
2.242 lbs