The worst 5% of power plants produce 75% of CO2

by simon_000666 on 8/14/2021, 11:12 AM with 3 comments
  • by neximo64 on 8/14/2021, 12:19 PM

    2018

    Plant name Country Tons of CO2 Fuel Age MW

    1 Belchatow Poland 37,600,000 Coal 27 5298

    2 Vindhyachal India 33,877,953 Coal 14 4760

    3 Dangjin S. Korea 33,500,000 Coal 10 6115

    4 Taean S. Korea 31,400,000 Coal 12 6100

    5 Taichung Taiwan 29,900,000 Coal 22 5834

    6 Tuoketuo China 29,460,000 Coal 10 6720

    7 Niederaussem Germany 27,200,000 Coal 38 3826

    8 Sasan Umpp India 27,198,628 Coal 3 3960

    9 Yonghungdo S. Korea 27,000,000 Coal 9 5080

    10 Hekinan Japan 26,640,000 Coal 21 4100

    Surprised to see that none in the top 10 are in the Americas. Europe has a fair contribution, or specifically Poland and Germany.

  • by randyrand on 8/16/2021, 1:58 AM

    Needs to be relative to megawatts prodoced, not to "power plant count".

    Some plants are tiny, others huge.

  • by foolzcrow on 8/14/2021, 12:44 PM

    China runs unscrubbed power plants. Work on that first.