The White Bluff Power Plant is a 1,800.0-megawatt (
MW)
coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide, there are about 8,500 coal-fired power stations totaling over 2,000 gigawatts Nameplate capacity, capacity. They ...
operated by
Entergy Arkansas in
Barraque Township
Barraque Township is a civil township, township in Jefferson County, Arkansas, Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 2,515 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The only city is Redfield, Arkansas, Redfie ...
,
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. The plant is owned and operated by
Entergy and has one of the
tallest chimneys in the world at , which was built in 1980.
Retirement
In 2018, Entergy announced it will close the plant by 2028.
Emissions
In 2013,
Environment America ranked the plant 42 on its list of the 100 dirtiest coal-fired power stations in the U.S., reporting that its 2011 emissions were equivalent to 2.16 million passenger vehicles.
The plant released 10,250,228
metric tons
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of
greenhouse gas
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es in 2012 according to the EPA.
The emissions in metric tons comprised:
*Carbon dioxide: 10,172,525
*Methane: 24,688
*Nitrous oxide: 53,015
See also
*
List of coal-fired power stations in the United States
*
List of power stations in Arkansas
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas, separated by fuel type. In 2021, Arkansas had a summer capacity of 14,832 megawatts, and a net generation of 61,100 gigawatt-hours. The corresponding electr ...
References
External links
Data on generation and fuel consumptionfrom the
Energy Information Administration
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Electricity Data Browser
Drawings of White Bluff Power Plantat SkyscraperPage.com
1980 establishments in Arkansas
Barraque Township
Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Arkansas
Buildings and structures on the Arkansas River
Chimneys in the United States
Coal-fired power stations in Arkansas
Energy infrastructure completed in 1980
Entergy
Towers completed in 1980
Towers in Arkansas
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