Northampton Generating Plant

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Northampton Generating Plant is an operating power station of at least 134-megawatts (MW) in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Northampton Generating Plant	Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States	40.691994, -75.478683 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1: 40.691994, -75.478683

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	coal - waste coal, other - tires	134.1	subcritical	1995	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	EIF Northampton GP LLC [100.0%]

History

The Northampton Generating Plant is a 134-megawatt (nameplate capacity) cogeneration facility that provides electricity to Metropolitan Energy and process steam for use in Newstech's recycled paper mill. It is fueled by anthracite waste coal and petroleum coke. The plant is owned by Northampton Generating Company L.P., an affiliate of National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc.

According to the Sierra Club, the plant is unique in that won an award as a "clean power plant" from the state in 1996, despite being ranked as one of the dirtiest power plants in the United States in 2002.

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 969,773 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions:
• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

New Jersey lawsuit

On February 7th, 2007 the state of New Jersey took legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to respond when the state objected to a permit renewal application from a coal-fired plant in Portland, Pa., run by Reliant Energy Inc.

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Additional data

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