Amalgamated Sugar Twin Falls Power Plant

Amalgamated Sugar Twin Falls Power Plant is a 10.2-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by Snake River Sugar Company near Twin Falls, Idaho.

Location

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Plant Data

• Owner: Amalgamated Sugar Company
• Parent Company: Snake River Sugar Company
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 10.2 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 1500: 1.5 MW (1948), Unit 2500: 2.5 MW (1948), Unit 4000: 6.2 MW (1994)
• Location: 2320 Orchard Dr. East, Twin Falls, ID 83301
• GPS Coordinates: 42.531783, -114.431659
• Technology: Subcritical (Unit 1500 and 2500), Subcritical Fluidized Bed Technology (Unit 4000)
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions:
• SO₂ Emissions: 1,018 tons (2002)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh: 39.99 lb/MWh
• NO_x Emissions: 1,053 tons (2002)
• 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
• Idaho and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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