McIntosh Steam Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} McIntosh Steam Plant (also known as Effingham Steam Plant) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Southern Company near Rincon, Georgia.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Savannah Electric & Power Company
• Parent Company: Southern Company
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 178 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 178 MW (1979)
• Location: 981 Old Augusta Rd., Rincon, GA 31326
• GPS Coordinates: 32.355833, -81.168333
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Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 868,039 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
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• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

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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