PPG Natrium Plant

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PPG Natrium Plant is a retired power station in New Martinsville, Marshall, West Virginia, United States. It is also known as Natrium Axiall power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
PPG Natrium Plant New Martinsville, Marshall, West Virginia, United States 39.746519, -80.853631 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 7: 39.746519, -80.853631

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 7 retired coal: bituminous 82 subcritical 1966 2016

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 7 Axiall Corp [100%] Westlake Corp [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): power
  • Captive industry: Chemicals


Background

The plant supplied power for PPG's (now Axiall) chemical plant which produced a range of products including caustic soda.[1]

Unit 3 retired in September 2018. Units 4, 6 and 7 were converted to natural gas in 2015/2016.[2]

Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,308,966 tons
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions:
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
  • 2006 NOx Emissions:
  • 2005 Mercury Emissions:

Articles and Resources

References

  1. PPG Industries, "Natrium", PPG Industries website, accessed February 2009
  2. "EIA 860," EIA website, accessed April 2020

Additional data

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