Canton Mill Power Plant

Canton Mill Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by the Rank Group near Canton, North Carolina. The plant provides power to Blue Ridge Paper Products' Camden pulp & paper mill; Blue Ridge Paper Products is owned by the Rank Group, the private investment company of Graeme Hart, New Zealand's wealthiest businessman.



Plant Data

 * Owner: Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
 * Parent Company: Rank Group
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 52.5 MW (Megawatts)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 7.5 MW (1937), 7.5 MW (1941), 7.5 MW (1946), 7.5 MW (1949), 10.0 MW (1952), 12.5 MW (1979)
 * Location: 175 Main St., Canton, NC 28716
 * GPS Coordinates: 35.5349, -82.84338
 * Electricity Production: 361,795 MWh (2005)
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * CO2 Emissions: 412,600 tons (2006)
 * SO2 Emissions: 8,731 tons (2002)
 * SO2 Emissions per MWh:
 * NOx Emissions: 5,600 tons (2002)
 * Mercury Emissions:

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