Westwood Generating Station
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Westwood Generating Station is an operating power station of at least 36-megawatts (MW) in Joliet, Pennsylvania, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
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Westwood Generating Station | Joliet, Pennsylvania, United States | 40.618788, -76.451047 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1: 40.618788, -76.451047
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit 1 | Operating | coal: waste coal | 36 | subcritical | 1987 |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
Unit name | Owner | Parent |
---|---|---|
Unit 1 | Rausch Creek Generation LLC [100%] | RAUSCH CREEK ELECTRIC POWER HOLDINGS LLC [100.0%] |
History
In 2012 Integrys sold the plant to Olympys Westwood Holdings LLC, subsidiary of Olympus Power.[1]
In 2017, Olympus Power sold the power plant to Rausch Creek, which also owns several coal mines and refuse sites in Pennsylvania[2][3]
Emissions Data
- 2024 Gross Load (MWh): 167,090[4]
- 2024 SO2 Mass (short tons): 265[4]
- 2024 CO2 Mass (short tons): 351,733[4]
- 2024 NOx Mass (short tons): 205[4]
- 2023 Mercury emissions (Hg, lb): 0.71[5][6]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "FERC approves sale of Pennsylvania coal plant to Olympus" transmissionhub.com, October 25, 2012
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Active Anthracite Coal Mining Permits - April 2016," dep.state.pa.us, accessed June 2020.
- ↑ "Olympus Power closes sale of 30-MW Pa. waste coal plant" spglobal.com, November 28, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 EIA (2024). "Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMD)". Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ↑ Clean Air and Power Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (February 2024). "Annual data 2022 vs. 2023". Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Toxics Release Inventory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (October 2024). "2023 Basic Plus Data". Retrieved 2025-03-04.
Additional data
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