List of least carbon efficient power stations
This is a list of least carbon efficient power stations in selected countries. Lists were created by the
Climate Trace is expected to quantify CO2 from individual large plants before the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference,[10] thus enabling large polluters to be identified.[11]
2015 report - companies
In 2015 the Stranded Assets Programme at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment published Stranded Assets and Subcritical Coal report analyzing inter alia carbon intensity of subcritical coal-fired power stations of 100 largest companies having these power stations.[12]
CO2 intensity (kg/kWh) |
Company | Country | Number of SCPS |
---|---|---|---|
1.447 | NLC India Limited | India | 2 |
1.342 | Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Limited | India | 3 |
1.279 | GDF Suez
|
France | 10 |
1.277 | Kazakhmys | Kazakhstan | 4 |
1.269 | West Bengal Power Development Corporation | India | 5 |
1.253 | OGK-2 | Russia | 4 |
1.243 | Maharashtra State Power Generation Company | India | 7 |
1.240 | Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand | Thailand | 4 |
1.226 | Termoelectrica | Romania | 17 |
1.222 | RAO UES | Russia | 23 |
1.220 | ČEZ Group | Czech Republic | 13 |
2005 report - power station from 30 industrialised countries
CO2 intensity (kg/kWh) |
Power station | Country | Note |
---|---|---|---|
1.58 | Victoria
|
Australia | closed in 2017 |
1.56 | Edwardsport IGCC, Edwardsport, Indiana
|
United States | closed in 2012 |
1.27 | Frimmersdorf power plant, Grevenbroich | Germany | closed in 2017 |
1.25 | HR Milner Generating Station, Grande Cache, Alberta, | Canada | converted to gas in 2020 |
1.18 | Emilio Portes Gil, Río Bravo | Mexico | |
1.09 | Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów | Poland | |
1.07 | Prunéřov Power Station, Kadaň | Czech Republic | partially closed |
1.02 | Niihama
|
Japan |
2007 list - Europe
CO2 intensity (kg/kWh) | Power Station, Location | Country | Fuel | Emissions (MtCO2) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1.350 | Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani |
Greece | Lignite | 12.4 |
1.250 | Kardia Power Station, Kardia Kozanis | Greece | Lignite | 8.8 |
1.200 | Niederaussem |
Germany | Lignite | 27.4 |
1.200 | Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde | Germany | Lignite | 23.7 |
1.187 | Frimmersdorf Power Station, Grevenbroich | Germany | Lignite | 19.3 |
1.180 | Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler | Germany | Lignite | 18.8 |
1.150 | Neurath Power Station, Grevenbroich | Germany | Lignite | 17.9 |
1.150 | Turów Power Station, Bogatynia | Poland | Lignite | 13.0 |
1.150 | As Pontes Power Station, Ferrol | Spain | Lignite | 9.1 |
1.100 | Boxberg Power Station, Boxberg, Saxony | Germany | Lignite | 15.5 |
1.090 | Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów | Poland | Lignite | 30.1 |
1.070 | Prunéřov |
Czech Republic | Lignite | 8.9 |
1.050 | Sines Power Station, Sines | Portugal | Hard Coal |
8.7 |
1.000 | Schwarze Pumpe power station, Spremberg | Germany | Lignite | 12.2 |
2018 - largest emitters
The table lists the largest emitters, regardless of their carbon efficiency.[15]
CO2 intensity (kg/kWh) | Power Station | Country | 2018 emissions (MtCO2) |
---|---|---|---|
1.8 | Bełchatów | Poland | 38 |
1.5 | Vindhyachal | India | 34 |
1.5 | Dangjin | South Korea | 34 |
1.5 | Taean | South Korea | 31 |
1.3 | Taichung | Taiwan | 30 |
1.5 | Tuoketuo | China | 30 |
1.5 | Niederaussem | Germany | 27 |
1.4 | Sasan | India | 27 |
1.5 | Yonghungdo | South Korea | 27 |
1.4 | Hekinan | Japan | 27 |
Other
At over 1.34 tCO2-e/MWh Yallourn is the most carbon intense in Australia.[16]
In the very unlikely event of being built, the proposed Afşin-Elbistan C power station would become the least carbon efficient coal-fired power station.
External links
Sources
- Boom and Bust 2021: Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline (Report). Global Energy Monitor. 2021-04-05.
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