Plant Bowen

{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}} Bowen Steam Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Southern Company near Cartersville, Georgia.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Georgia Power Company
• Parent Company: Southern Company
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 3,499 MW
• Units and In-Service Dates: 806 MW (1971), 789 MW (1972), 952 MW (1974), 952 MW (1975)
• Location: 317 Covered Bridge Rd., Cartersville, GA 30120
• GPS Coordinates: 34.125278, -84.92055
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 22,756,191 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 206,442 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 28,636 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 967 lb.

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Georgia and coal
• Southern Company
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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