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Chesapeake — 67 MW Oil

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Chesapeake is a 67 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
67 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1968

Year online

Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co

Operator

Location
36.77, -76.30

Coordinates

Insights

#2,633
largest in %s
#552
largest %s worldwide
#11,913
largest worldwide
1968
%d yrs older than avg
38
operated by %s
76
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
67 MW
Commissioned
1968
Status
Operational
Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.771, -76.302

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
153,510 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.6M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

33,372
cars / year
20,468
homes / year
7M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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Surry

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Surry Nuclear Power Plant

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Chesterfield

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About this plant

Chesapeake is a 67.4 MW oil-fired power plant in the United States, operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co since 1968.

Ranked #82 of 879 oil plants in the United States. Its 67.4 MW represents 0.18% of the United States’ total oil capacity of 38,410 MW. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making Chesapeake 43.8 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Surry (1,695 MW, Nuclear), Surry Nuclear Power Plant (1,695 MW, Nuclear), and Yorktown (882 MW, Oil). The facility is located in Virginia, approximately 30 km northwest of Norfolk.

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