LSP-Cottage Grove power station

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LSP-Cottage Grove power station is an operating power station of at least 284-megawatts (MW) in Cottage Grove, Washington, Minnesota, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
LSP-Cottage Grove power station Cottage Grove, Washington, Minnesota, United States 44.7956, -92.9119 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit CC1: 44.7956, -92.9119

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit CC1 operating[1] gas, fuel oil[2] 284[1] combined cycle[1] yes[1] 1997[1]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit CC1 Panamint Capital, LLC[3] Panamint Capital, LLC [100.0%]

Background

The private equity firm Carlyle Group acquired Cottage Grove in 2013, and as of 2022 still owns it [citation needed] . More information about this deal can be found on GEM's "Carlyle's Private Equity Investments" Wiki page.

During the time Carlyle has owned Cottage Grove, available EPA emissions data[4] are as follows:

Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2013 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2014 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2015 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2016 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2017 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2018 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2019 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2020 Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2021
164,649 106,507 143,433 200,931 152,573 172,901 256,297 320448 320448
Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2013 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2014 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2015 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2016 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2017 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2018 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2019 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2020 Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2021
88 51 67 95 71 80 119 149 149

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (November 2019)". Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  2. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (July 2021)". Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125014925/https://www.panamintcapital.com/portfolio-v2. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "GHG Facility Details - Cottage Grove Cogeneration". ghgdata.epa.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Additional data

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