Titus Generating Station

Titus Generating Station was a 225.0-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by GenOn Energy near Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.

Location

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Plant Data

• Owner: GenOn Energy (as Titus Power LLC)
• Parent Company: GenOn Holdings
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 225.0 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 1: 75.0 MW (1951), Unit 2: 75.0 MW (1951), Unit 3: 75.0 MW (1953)
• Location: 296 Poplar Neck Rd., Birdsboro, PA 19508
• GPS Coordinates: 40.305044, -75.908269
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements: All 3 units retired in 2013

Unit Retirement

On February 29, 2012, GenOn Energy said it will close seven of its coal generating stations by 2015, citing impending environmental regulations. This included Titus, with a proposed closure date of April 2015.

The power station was retired in 2013.

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 1,481,640 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions:
• 2005 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.

Related GEM.wiki articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Pennsylvania and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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