Kapstone Power Plant

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Kapstone Power Plant is a retired power station in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It is also known as Cogen South Power Plant.


Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kapstone Power Plant North Charleston, South Carolina, United States 32.8971, -79.9679 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 32.897056, -79.967944


Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired - 99 MW subcritical - -

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 WestRock North Charleston Westrock Co

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): Power
  • Captive industry: Pulp & paper


Background

Kapstone Power Plant was a coal-fired power plant. In November 2018, plant owner Kapstone Paper And Packaging was acquired by WestRock.[1] According to the US EIA, the plant now primarily burns biomass.[2]

Emissions Data

  • CO2 Emissions: 1,039,625 tons (2006)
  • SO2 Emissions: 1,055 tons (2002)
  • SO2 Emissions per MWh: 3.68 lb/MWh
  • NOx Emissions: 1,487 tons (2002)
  • Mercury Emissions:


Articles and Resources

References

  1. "WestRock Completes Acquisition of KapStone," Westrock press release, Nov 2, 2018
  2. 860, EIA, 2019

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of coal-fired power stations, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.