Schahfer Generating Station

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Rollin M. Schahfer Generating Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by NiSource near Wheatfield, Indiana.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Northern Indiana Public Service Company
• Parent Company: NiSource
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 1,943 MW
• Units and In-Service Dates: 540 MW (1976), 556 MW (1979), 423 MW (1983), 423 MW (1986)
• Location: 2723 East 1500 North, Wheatfield, IN 46392
• GPS Coordinates: 41.219278, -87.024139
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 11,850,737 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 35,909 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 14,754 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 505 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
• Indiana and coal
• NiSource
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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