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]

[3][4]

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-Jackson 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]

Contents

■ 1 Operator and ownership

■ 2 Coal trains

■ 3 Emissions 

3.1 Regulatory Policies and 

Institutions

■

■ 4 Notes

■ 5 See also

■ 6 References

■ 7 External links

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