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Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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No Plant Name Countrysort icon State /Province Primary Fuel Electricity Generation (MWh) Emission Rate (kg/MW-h) Total Emissions (t)
1 Ontario Power Generation - Nanticoke Generating St Canada Ontario Coal 17,778,061.00 989.19 17,585,856.00
2 TransAlta Utilities Corporation - Sundance Thermal Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 15,116,033.56 1,044.62 15,790,482.09
3 EPCOR Generation - Genesee Thermal Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 9,301,771.94 953.92 8,873,134.45
4 Ontario Power Generation - Lambton Generating Station Canada Ontario Coal 9,532,953.00 912.08 8,694,815.00
5 SaskPower - Boundary Dam Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Coal 6,066,671.20 1,104.00 6,697,605.00
6 TransAlta Utilities Corporation - Keephills Thermal Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 5,762,554.01 1,048.33 6,041,060.19
7 Alberta Power (2000) Ltd. - Sheerness Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 5,892,719.00 1,005.93 5,927,673.51
8 Alberta Power (2000) Ltd. - Battle River Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 5,077,593.00 1,041.01 5,285,838.13
9 Nova Scotia Power - Lingan Generating Station Canada Nova Scotia Coal 4,653,774.43 949.15 4,417,130.00
10 SaskPower - Poplar River Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Coal 3,699,108.70 1,104.00 4,083,816.00
11 New Brunswick Power Generation Corporation - Belle Canada New Brunswick Coal 3,610,361.00 883.08 3,188,245.00
12 New Brunswick Power Coleson Cove Corporation Canada New Brunswick Oil 4,548,321.29 641.59 2,918,154.00
13 TransAlta Generation Partnership - Wabamun Thermal Electric Power Generating Plant Canada Alberta Coal 1,848,985.97 1,176.24 2,174,857.02
14 Nova Scotia Power - Trenton Generating Station Canada Nova Scotia Coal 2,095,580.56 967.77 2,028,040.00
15 SaskPower - Shand Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Coal 1,664,599.64 1,104.00 1,837,718.00
16 New Brunswick Power Generation Corporation - Dalho Canada New Brunswick Other Fuels 1,882,452.00 859.34 1,617,665.00
17 Nova Scotia Power - Point Aconi Generating Station Canada Nova Scotia Other Fuels 1,055,970.00 1,373.83 1,450,721.00
18 Nova Scotia Power - Tufts Cove Generating Station Canada Nova Scotia Oil 1,675,184.62 767.79 1,286,190.00
19 Shell Canada Energy - Shell Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine Canada Alberta Natural Gas 1,108,585.00 1,152.06 1,277,161.00
20 Ontario Power Generation - Thunder Bay Generating Canada Ontario Coal 1,000,341.00 1,149.64 1,150,029.00
21 TransAlta Energy Corporation - Sarnia Canada Ontario Natural Gas 1,675,122.00 685.39 1,148,114.27
22 Ontario Power Generation - Atikokan Generating Station Canada Ontario Coal 978,098.00 1,129.81 1,105,064.00
23 Nova Scotia Power - Point Tupper Generating Station Canada Nova Scotia Coal 1,087,368.14 927.10 1,008,099.00
24 Ontario Power Generation - Lennox Generating Station Canada Ontario Oil 1,344,778.00 731.43 983,613.00
25 Milner Power Inc. - H.R.Milner Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 835,745.80 1,093.75 914,098.45
26 TransAlta Cogeneration LP - Meridian Cogeneration Canada Saskatchewan Natural Gas 1,920,950.53 403.83 775,730.18
27 Kelson Canada Inc. - Island Cogeneration No. 2 Inc Canada British Columbia Natural Gas 1,368,725.59 555.26 760,000.00
28 Ontario Power Generation - Lakeview Generating Station Canada Ontario Coal 717,263.00 1,002.91 719,348.00
29 Transcanada Energy - MacKay River Power Plant Canada Alberta Natural Gas 1,087,645.22 646.43 703,081.65
30 Manitoba Hydro - Brandon Generating Station Canada Manitoba Natural Gas 435,302.00 1,344.02 585,052.88
31 Ocean Power Management - Bayside Power L.P. Canada New Brunswick Natural Gas 1,494,024.05 350.81 524,125.00
32 ATCO Power Canada Ltd. - Cory Cogeneration Station Canada Saskatchewan Natural Gas 847,495.41 612.70 519,262.00
33 Duke Energy Gas Transmission - McMahon Cogen Plant Canada British Columbia Natural Gas 922,472.42 555.26 512,213.00
34 Brighton Beach Power L. P. - Windsor Canada Ontario Natural Gas 1,408,726.00 362.03 510,000.00
35 Cardinal Power of Canada, L.P. - Cardinal Canada Ontario Natural Gas 1,161,404.00 432.27 502,037.39
36 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. - Foster Creek SAGD Bitumen Battery Canada Alberta Coal 533,680.02 899.87 480,243.93
37 SaskPower - Queen Elizabeth Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Natural Gas 830,465.25 522.60 434,000.00
38 TransAlta Energy Corporation - Mississauga Canada Ontario Natural Gas 884,774.00 426.71 377,539.78
39 West Windsor Power - Windsor Canada Ontario Natural Gas 787,703.00 458.84 361,432.29
40 Iroquois Falls Power - Iroquois Falls G.S. Canada Ontario Natural Gas 694,709.00 488.97 339,692.00
41 Transcanada Energy - Carseland Power Plant Canada Alberta Natural Gas 550,879.81 613.45 337,939.93
42 TransAlta Ltd/Air Liquid - Fort Saskatchewan Canada Alberta Natural Gas 259,680.21 1,273.42 330,682.99
43 Air Liquide Canada Inc - Scotford Canada Alberta Natural Gas 259,176.01 1,273.72 330,116.91
44 Abitibi-Consolidated Inc - Fort Frances Canada Ontario Natural Gas 582,224.00 477.15 277,809.00
45 ATCO Power Canada Ltd - Rainbow 4 and 5 Canada Alberta Natural Gas 537,938.00 499.22 268,549.00
46 New Brunswick Power Generation Corporation - Grand Lake Canada New Brunswick Coal 274,085.00 912.13 250,000.00
47 City of Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat Canada Alberta Natural Gas 187,824.05 1,273.72 239,234.70
48 AES Kingston Inc - Kingston Canada Ontario Natural Gas 492,894.00 473.38 233,324.73
49 TransAlta Cogeneration LP - Ottawa Health Sciences Canada Ontario Natural Gas 398,216.00 478.22 190,434.33
50 Hydro-Québec - Centrale de Tracy Canada Quebec Oil 172,778.90 1,090.00 188,329.00
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USEFUL CONVERSION TABLES
Energy
Basic Unit Joule J  
Electricity consumption Watt-hour Wh 3600 J
British units system British thermal unit Btu 1,055.056 J
Mass
Basic Unit gram g  
Metric tonne tonne t 1,000,000 g
Power
Basic Unit Watt W 1 J/s
Common Unit Prefixes multiply by
k kilo 1x103
M mega 1x106
G giga 1x109
T tera 1x1012
Global Warming Potential CO2 Equivalent
CO2 Carbon dioxide 1
CH4 Methane 21
N2O Nitrous oxide 310