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Nitrous Oxide 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 Nova Scotia Power - Point Aconi Generating Station Canada Nova Scotia Other Fuels 1,055,970.00 1.32 1,394.00
2 TransAlta Utilities Corporation - Sundance Thermal Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 15,116,033.56 0.02 360.41
3 EPCOR Generation - Genesee Thermal Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 9,301,771.94 0.03 241.41
4 SaskPower - Boundary Dam Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Coal 6,066,671.20 0.03 165.40
5 Ocean Power Management - Bayside Power L.P. Canada New Brunswick Natural Gas 1,494,024.05 0.09 135.30
6 Ontario Power Generation - Lambton Generating Station Canada Ontario Coal 9,532,953.00 0.01 135.00
7 TransAlta Utilities Corporation - Keephills Thermal Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 5,762,554.01 0.02 134.87
8 Ontario Power Generation - Nanticoke Generating St Canada Ontario Coal 17,778,061.00 0.01 129.00
9 SaskPower - Poplar River Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Coal 3,699,108.70 0.03 98.40
10 Alberta Power (2000) Ltd. - Sheerness Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 5,892,719.00 0.02 89.16
11 Alberta Power (2000) Ltd. - Battle River Generating Canada Alberta Coal 5,077,593.00 0.01 74.08
12 TransAlta Generation Partnership - Wabamun Thermal Electric Power Generating Plant Canada Alberta Coal 1,848,985.97 0.03 52.86
13 SaskPower - Shand Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Coal 1,664,599.64 0.03 42.50
14 Transalta Energy Corporation - Sarnia Canada Ontario Natural Gas 1,675,122.00 0.02 30.22
15 Transcanada Energy - MacKay River Power Plant Canada Alberta Natural Gas 1,087,645.22 0.03 29.60
16 Ontario Power Generation - Thunder Bay Generating Canada Ontario Coal 1,000,341.00 0.03 28.00
17 Shell Canada Energy - Shell Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine Canada Alberta Natural Gas 1,108,585.00 0.02 22.00
18 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Holyrood Thermal Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Oil 1,355,543.09 0.02 21.74
19 Kelson Canada Inc. - Island Cogeneration No. 2 Inc Canada British Columbia Natural Gas 1,368,725.59 0.02 21.00
20 TransAlta Cogeneration LP - Meridian Cogeneration Canada Saskatchewan Natural Gas 1,920,950.53 0.01 20.88
21 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. - Foster Creek SAGD Bitumen Battery Canada Alberta Coal 533,680.02 0.03 17.89
22 Milner Power Inc. - H.R.Milner Generating Station Canada Alberta Coal 835,745.80 0.02 16.98
23 Cardinal Power of Canada, L.P. - Cardinal Canada Ontario Natural Gas 1,161,404.00 0.01 14.35
24 Brighton Beach Power L. P. - Windsor Canada Ontario Natural Gas 1,408,726.00 0.01 14.00
25 Duke Energy Gas Transmission - McMahon Cogen Plant Canada British Columbia Natural Gas 922,472.42 0.02 13.97
26 Transcanada Energy - Carseland Power Plant Canada Alberta Natural Gas 550,879.81 0.02 13.47
27 ATCO Power Canada Ltd. - Cory Cogeneration Station Canada Saskatchewan Natural Gas 847,495.41 0.02 13.00
28 Cochrane Power - Cochrane Generating Station Canada Ontario Natural Gas 239,285.00 0.05 12.60
29 Kirkland Lake Power - Kirkland Lake Generating Station Canada Ontario Natural Gas 495,265.00 0.02 11.90
30 Ontario Power Generation - Atikokan Generating Station Canada Ontario Coal 978,098.00 0.01 10.00
31 West Windsor Power - Windsor Canada Ontario Natural Gas 787,703.00 0.01 9.51
32 Manitoba Hydro - Brandon Generating Station Canada Manitoba Natural Gas 435,302.00 0.02 9.11
33 Ontario Power Generation - Lennox Generating Station Canada Ontario Oil 1,344,778.00 0.01 9.00
34 TransAlta Ltd/Air Liquid - Fort Saskatchewan Canada Alberta Natural Gas 259,680.21 0.03 8.39
35 TransAlta Energy Corporation - Mississauga Canada Ontario Natural Gas 884,774.00 0.01 8.22
36 Air Liquide Canada Inc - Scotford Canada Alberta Natural Gas 259,176.01 0.03 8.20
37 Iroquois Falls Power - Iroquois Falls G.S. Canada Ontario Natural Gas 694,709.00 0.01 7.70
38 ATCO Power Canada Ltd - Rainbow 4 and 5 Canada Alberta Natural Gas 537,938.00 0.01 7.00
39 Transcanada Energy - Redwater Power Plant Canada Alberta Natural Gas 167,036.39 0.04 6.84
40 Abitibi-Consolidated Inc - Fort Frances Canada Ontario Natural Gas 582,224.00 0.01 6.72
41 City of Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat Canada Alberta Natural Gas 187,824.05 0.03 6.20
42 SaskPower - Queen Elizabeth Power Station Canada Saskatchewan Natural Gas 830,465.25 0.01 5.00
43 TransAlta Cogeneration LP - Ottawa Health Sciences Canada Ontario Natural Gas 398,216.00 0.01 4.64
44 Whitby Cogeneration L.P. Canada Ontario Natural Gas 345,056.00 0.01 4.36
45 Lake Superior Power L. P. - Sault Ste Marie Canada Ontario Natural Gas 362,018.00 0.01 4.09
46 TransAlta Cogeneration LP - Windsor Essex Cogeneration Canada Ontario Natural Gas 302,930.00 0.01 4.09
47 B.C. Hydro - Fort Nelson Generating Station Canada British Columbia Natural Gas 294,050.88 0.01 4.00
48 Ontario Power Generation - Lake View Generating Station Canada Ontario Coal 717,263.00 0.01 4.00
49 Boralex Énergie - Cogénération Kingsey Falls Canada Quebec Natural Gas 213,743.58 0.02 3.63
50 Calgary Energy Centre No. 2 Inc. - Calgary Energy Canada Alberta Natural Gas 318,782.14 0.01 3.63
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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