5 Biggest Coal Plants in the US

3. Monroe Power Plant, Owned by DTE Energy Company (NYSE: DTE)

The Monroe Power Plant is located in Monroe, Michigan. It is owned by DTE Energy through their subsidiary DTE Energy Electric Company. It has been in operation since 1971 but it is scheduled to close in 2040. It has 4 units, each with a capacity of 850 megawatts, with the total capacity of the plant being 3,300 megawatts (minus the amount of energy it takes to run the plant itself). It is third largest coal plant and the eleventh largest electric plant in the United States. The Monroe Power Plant connects to the power grid by numerous 120,000 and 345,000 volt transmission lines. To reduce green house gas emissions, “scrubbers” or flue-gas desulfurization units are in operation on all four of the generating units. These devices manage to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by over 95%.

The plant ranks 3rd  in our list of biggest coal plants in the US.

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