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

13 pointsby simon_000666almost 4 years ago

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neximo64almost 4 years ago
2018<p>Plant name Country Tons of CO2 Fuel Age MW<p>1 Belchatow Poland 37,600,000 Coal 27 5298<p>2 Vindhyachal India 33,877,953 Coal 14 4760<p>3 Dangjin S. Korea 33,500,000 Coal 10 6115<p>4 Taean S. Korea 31,400,000 Coal 12 6100<p>5 Taichung Taiwan 29,900,000 Coal 22 5834<p>6 Tuoketuo China 29,460,000 Coal 10 6720<p>7 Niederaussem Germany 27,200,000 Coal 38 3826<p>8 Sasan Umpp India 27,198,628 Coal 3 3960<p>9 Yonghungdo S. Korea 27,000,000 Coal 9 5080<p>10 Hekinan Japan 26,640,000 Coal 21 4100<p>Surprised to see that none in the top 10 are in the Americas. Europe has a fair contribution, or specifically Poland and Germany.
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randyrandalmost 4 years ago
Needs to be relative to megawatts prodoced, not to &quot;power plant count&quot;.<p>Some plants are tiny, others huge.