Corn Products Argo Power Plant

Corn Products Argo Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Corn Products International in Bedford Park, Illinois. The plant provides power to Corn Products' Argo corn milling facility.

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Plant Data

• Owner/Parent Company: Corn Products International
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 45.0 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 22.5 MW (1991), 22.5 MW (1991)
• Location: 6400 South Archer Ave., Bedford Park, IL 60501
• GPS Coordinates: 41.777799, -87.824202
• Electricity Production: 292,461 MWh (2005)
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 368,242 tons (2006)
• SO₂ Emissions:
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• NO_x Emissions:
• 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.
• NETL Coal Power Plant Database, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.
• AirData Query Database, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed April 2009.

Related GEM.wiki articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Illinois and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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