PPG Natrium Plant

PPG Natrium Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by PPG Industries near Proctor, West Virginia. The plant supplies power for PPG's chemical plant which produces a range of products including caustic soda.

Plant Data

 * Owner: PPG Industries Inc. Natrium
 * Parent Company: PPG Industries
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 123 MW (Megawatts)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 8 MW (1943), 8 MW (1943), 26 MW (1954), 82 MW (1966)
 * Location: Route 2, Proctor, WV 26055
 * GPS Coordinates: 39.749389, -80.854778
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,308,966 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions:
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
 * 2006 NOx Emissions:
 * 2005 Mercury Emissions:

External Resources

 * 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 SourceWatch Articles

 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * West Virginia and coal
 * United States and coal
 * Global warming