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Oil power plant

Lake Preston

oil Power Plant
Kingsbury County, South Dakota
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
48.2 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
251 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 23 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
616 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 134 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
613.941 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
1.898 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
3.210 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
9.945 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
49.723 lbs