Coal-Fired Plants in Alaska & Washington

Centralia Location: WA Operator: TransAlta Configuration: 2 X 702 MW Operation: 1972-1973 Fuel: subbituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: Westinghouse EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: Centralia was acquired by TransAlta from a consortium of local power companies in 2000. The nearby Centralia mine produces exclusively for the power plant and provides about 85% of the annual 5.5mn ton fuel burn. The balance is sourced form the Powder River Basin. In 2002, TransAlta completed a $180mn plant upgrade including the addition of Alstom FGD scrubbers. Photograph courtesy of TransAlta Posted 27 May 2006		Clear AFS Location: AK Operator: US Air Force Configuration: 3 X 7.5 MW MW CHP Operation: 1961 Fuel: subbituminous coal Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: General Electric Quick facts: Clear Air Station is home to the 13th Space Warning Squadron whose primary mission is to provide early warning of ballistic missiles launches to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The AFS also provides space surveillance data on orbiting objects. The power plant was retrofit with a baghouse and continuous opacity monitoring system in Aug 2005. Clear AFS burns approximately 58,000 tons of coal per year delivered by rail from Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. Photograph courtesy of US Air Force Posted 12 Mar 2008

Abbreviations: CE = Combustion Engineering, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 03/12/08

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