Energy Fact – Comparing CO2, SO2, NOx, and methane across coal, natural gas and biomass

Emissions from Generating Electricity

(pounds per million kilowatt hours)

Type	CO2	Methane (CO2e)	SO2	NOx
Coal	2,100,000	350,000	3,900	1,600
Natural gas	900,000	540,000	5	2,100
Biomass	270,0000	na	540	3,300
Nuclear	0	0	0	0
Solar	0	0	0	0
Wind	0	0	0	0
Geothermal	0	0	0	0
Hydro	0	0	0	0

The emissions table as an image

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Comparison of emissions from various power plants (pdf)

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Fact Code: g105