New Madrid Power Plant

New Madrid Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Associated Electric Cooperative near Marston, Missouri.



Plant Data

 * Owner/Parent Company: Associated Electric Cooperative
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 1,200 megawatts (MW)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 600 MW (1972), 600 MW (1977)
 * Location: 41 St. Jude Industrial Park, Marston, MO 63866
 * GPS Coordinates: 36.516944, -89.56
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * 2006 CO2 Emissions: 7,757,564 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions: 14,678 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
 * 2006 NOx Emissions: 28,757 tons
 * 2005 Mercury Emissions: 160 lb.

Emissions Data

 * CO2 Emissions: 205,885 tons (2006)
 * SO2 Emissions: 1,541 tons (2002)
 * SO2 Emissions per MWh: 17.66 lb/MWh
 * NOx Emissions: 1,039 tons (2002)
 * Mercury Emissions:

New Madrid ranked 27th on list of most polluting power plants in terms of coal waste
In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of coal combustion waste (CCW) stored in surface impoundments like the one involved in the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill. The data came from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for 2006, the most recent year available.

New Madrid Power Plant ranked number 27 on the list, with 1,514,440 pounds of coal combustion waste released to surface impoundments in 2006.

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