Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions for One Year
Publication: US Environmental Protection AgencyYear Published: 2015 In 2012, a total of 411 power plants used coal to generate at least 95% of their electricity (EPA 2015). These plants emitted 1,412,038,949 metric tons of CO2 in 2012. Carbon dioxide emissions per power plant were calculated by dividing the total emissions from power plants whose primary…