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Meridian — 9 MW Oil

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Meridian is a 9 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
9 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1998

Year online

Owner
Tennessee Valley Authority

Operator

Location
32.55, -88.61

Coordinates

Insights

#5,016
largest in %s
#1,275
largest %s worldwide
#25,134
largest worldwide
1998
%d yrs newer than avg
60
operated by %s
14
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
9 MW
Commissioned
1998
Status
Operational
Owner
Tennessee Valley Authority
Country
United States
Coordinates
32.551, -88.607

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
20,498 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
614,952 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

4,456
cars / year
2,733
homes / year
931,745
trees to offset

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

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840MW · 2014

Caledonia

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676MW · 2003

About this plant

Meridian is a 9 MW oil power plant in the United States, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority since 1998.

Ranked #375 of 879 oil plants in the United States. Its 9 MW represents 0.02% 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 Meridian 328 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Ratcliffe (840 MW, Gas), Kemper County (372 MW, Gas), and Meridian III (52.5 MW, Solar). The facility is located in Mississippi, approximately 150 km southwest of Birmingham.

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