Trigen Colorado Steam Plant

Trigen Colorado Steam & Electric Plant is a coal-fired power station that provides power to Coors' Golden beer brewing facility. It was acquired in 1995 by Trigen-Nations Energy, a collaboration between Trigen Energy Corporation and Nations Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tucson Electric Power Company. Trigen is subsidiary of Veolia Energy North America.

Plant Data

 * Owner: Trigen-Nations Energy Company
 * Parent Company: Veolia
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 35.0 MW (Megawatts)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 7.5 MW (1976), 7.5 MW (1977), 20.0 MW (1983)
 * Location: 25 10th St., Golden, CO 80401
 * GPS Coordinates: 39.760958, -105.215096
 * Electricity Production: 298,201 MWh (2005)
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * CO2 Emissions: 463,225 tons (2006)
 * SO2 Emissions: 2,342 tons (2002)
 * SO2 Emissions per MWh: 15.71 lb/MWh
 * NOx Emissions: 1,692 tons (2002)
 * Mercury Emissions:

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