White Bluff Power Plant

The White Bluff Power Plant is a 1,800.0-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station operated by Entergy Arkansas in Barraque Township, Arkansas.^[1] The plant is owned and operated by Entergy and has one of the tallest chimneys in the world at 305 metres (1,001 ft), which was built in 1980.

White Bluff Power Plant
White Bluff Power Plant in 2023
Country	United States
Location	Barraque Township, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°25′24.8″N 92°08′24.7″W
Status	Operational
Construction began	1978 (1978)
Commission date	August 1980 (1980-08)
Decommission date	2028 (2028)
Owners	Entergy Arkansas Arkansas Electric Cooperative City Water, Light and Power Jonesboro Conway Corporation City of West Memphis
Operator	Entergy Arkansas
Site elevation	312 ft (95 m) 95 m (312 ft)
Cooling source	Arkansas River
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,800 MW

Retirement

In 2018, Entergy announced it will close the plant by 2028.^[2]

Emissions

In 2013, Environment America ranked the plant 42 on its list of the 100 dirtiest coal-fired power stations in the U.S., reporting that its 2011 emissions were equivalent to 2.16 million passenger vehicles.^[3]

The plant released 10,250,228 metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2012 according to the EPA.^[4] The emissions in metric tons comprised:

• Carbon dioxide: 10,172,525
• Methane: 24,688
• Nitrous oxide: 53,015

See also

• List of coal-fired power stations in the United States
• List of power stations in Arkansas

References

1. "U.S. Energy Mapping System". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
2. "Entergy to phase out two coal-fired plants in Arkansas". Arkansas Online. November 17, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
3. Schneider, Jordan; Madsen, Travis (September 2013). "America's Dirtiest Power Plants: Their Oversized Contribution to Global Warming and What We Can Do About It" (PDF). Environment America Research & Policy Center. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
4. EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data, Environmental Protection Agency, retrieved February 25, 2014

External links

• Data on generation and fuel consumption from the Energy Information Administration Electricity Data Browser
• Drawings of White Bluff Power Plant at SkyscraperPage.com