McDonough Steam Generating Plant

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

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Plant Data

• Owner: Georgia Power Company
• Parent Company: Southern Company
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 598 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 299 MW (1963), 299 MW (1964)
• Location: 5551 South Cobb Dr., Smyrna, GA 30080
• GPS Coordinates: 33.822806, -84.475667
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 3,705,401 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 28,835 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 4,286 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 116 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.
• Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

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

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