Ebensburg Generating Plant

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Ebensburg Generating Plant is an operating power station of at least 57-megawatts (MW) in Ebensburg, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ebensburg Generating Plant Ebensburg, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States 40.455, -78.7472 (exact)[1]
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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 40.455, -78.7472

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 Operating coal: waste coal[1] 57.6 subcritical 1990

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 unknown [0%]; Ebensburg Generation LLC [99%] Ebensburg Generation LLC [99.5%]; unknown [0.5%]

Background

Since commercial operations began in 1991, the Ebensburg Generating Plant has consumed over 11 million tons of waste coal from abandoned mine sites that dot the Pennsylvania landscape.[2]

Emissions Data

  • 2024 Gross Load (MWh): 413,046[3]
  • 2024 SO2 Mass (short tons): 1,525[3]
  • 2024 CO2 Mass (short tons): 546,585[3]
  • 2024 NOx Mass (short tons): 214[3]
  • 2023 Mercury emissions (Hg, lb): 0.14[4][5]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://robindale.energy/companies/ebensburg-power/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Ebensburg Power - Overview," Robindale, accessed April 23, 2025
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 EIA (2024). "Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMD)". Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  4. Clean Air and Power Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (February 2024). "Annual data 2022 vs. 2023". Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  5. Toxics Release Inventory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (October 2024). "2023 Basic Plus Data". Retrieved 2025-03-04.

Additional data

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