Warrick Power Plant

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Warrick Power Plant is an operating power station of at least 822-megawatts (MW) in Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Warrick Power Plant Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United States 37.915, -87.333681 (exact)
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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4: 37.915, -87.333681

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 Operating coal: bituminous 166.6 subcritical 1960
Unit 2 Operating coal: bituminous 166.6 subcritical 1964
Unit 3 Operating coal: bituminous 166.6 subcritical 1965
Unit 4 Operating coal: bituminous 323 subcritical 1970

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Alcoa Power Generating Inc [100%][1] Alcoa Corp [100.0%]
Unit 2 Alcoa Power Generating Inc [100%][1] Alcoa Corp [100.0%]
Unit 3 Alcoa Power Generating Inc [100%][1] Alcoa Corp [100.0%]
Unit 4 Alcoa Power Generating Inc [50%]; Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co [50%][2][1] Alcoa Corp [50.0%]; CenterPoint Energy Inc [50.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): power
  • Captive industry: Aluminum


Background

The power plant supplies power to Alcoa's Warrick aluminum smelter. It is also knowns as the Sigeco-Warrick Power Plant after its partial owner Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company.

Emissions Data

  • 2024 Gross Load (MWh): 3,784,481[3]
  • 2024 SO2 Mass (short tons): 1,057[3]
  • 2024 CO2 Mass (short tons): 4,093,770[3]
  • 2024 NOx Mass (short tons): 5,432[3]
  • 2023 Mercury emissions (Hg, lb): 7.23[4][5]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://news.alcoa.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Alcoa-Corporation-Plans-Partial-Restart-of-Aluminum-Smelter-at-Warrick-Operations/default.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://www.acwa-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Brad-Gavin-316b-Alcoa-Warrick.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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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