### Robert W Scherer Power Plant

Robert W Scherer Power Plant in Juliette, Georgia is the largest CO2 emitter in the U.S [1]
Official name The Robert W. Scherer Electric Generating Plant Country United States
Location Georgia Status Operational Commission date 1982 Owner(s) Southern Company Oglethorpe Power Corporation Georgia Power Operator(s) Georgia Power
Power station Primary fuel Coal
Generation units 4 × 880 MW GHG emissions 22.9 mmtCO2e CO2 [2] [notes 1]

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# Plant Scherer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


### Robert W Scherer Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia, just north of Macon, Georgia. The plant has four units, each producing 880 megawatts. The plant is named after the former chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia Power. [5] 

### It has two 1,001-foot (305 m) chimneys, the first built in 1982 and the second in 1986. Plant Scherer is the fifth largest electric generating plant in the United States. [6]


### The plant's location is along the flight path of many commercial airline flights originating from or terminating at Hartsfield-J ackson Airport in Atlanta, and is a prominent feature on the landscape, easily visible during daylight flights. Scherer Plant in Juliette, Georgia is the largest CO2 emitter in the U.S. [1] 

### according to Washington DC, Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA). [notes 2] 

### In the United States power generators produce 40% [1] 

### of all CO2 emissions Globally power generators contribute 25 per cent of emissions. [1] 

### Carbon dioxide accounted for 95 per cent of direct greenhouse gas emissions (GGE). In November 2007 the Scherer Plant was the only American power plant on the list of the world’s top 25 carbon dioxide emitters ranking 20th out of 25. [7]



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