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McMurdo Station Generator — 7 MW Oil

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McMurdo Station Generator is a 7 MW oil power plant located in Antarctica. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
7 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1981

Year online

Owner
United States Antarctic Program

Operator

Location
-77.85, 166.66

Coordinates

Insights

#1
largest in %s
#1,386
largest %s worldwide
#26,943
largest worldwide
1981
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
1
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
7 MW
Commissioned
1981
Status
Operational
Owner
United States Antarctic Program
Country
ATA
Coordinates
-77.847, 166.661

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
15,032 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
450,965 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

3,268
cars / year
2,004
homes / year
683,280
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Ross Island

Antarctica · Wind

1MW · 2009

About this plant

McMurdo Station Generator is a 6.6 MW oil-fired power plant in Antarctica, commissioned in 1981.

Ranked #1 of 1 oil plant in Antarctica, McMurdo’s 6.6 MW represents 100% of Antarctica’s total oil capacity of 7 MW. The largest oil plant in Antarctica is McMurdo Station Generator at 7 MW, making it the only facility of its kind.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Ross Island (1 MW, Wind). The facility is located on Ross Island, approximately 3,000 km from the nearest major city, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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