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Coal-Fired Plants in Alabama

Colbert
Location: AL
Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority
Configuration: 4 X 200 MW, 1 X 550 MW
Operation: 1955-1965
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE, Parsons
EPC: TVA
Quick facts: The plant is named after George Colbert, a chief of the Chickasaw Indian Nation in the early 19th century.

Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority
Posted 30 Dec 2004

Gadsden
Location: AL
Operator: Alabama Power Co
Configuration: 2 X 69 MW CHP
Operation: 1978-1991
Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE, WH
Quick facts: In 1995, a 5,000ft steam supply line was built to the nearby Goodyear tire plant. Saturated steam flows range from 40-120,000 lbs/hr.

Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 6 Sep 2006

James H Miller
Location: AL
Operator: Alabama Power Co
Configuration: 4 X 660 MW
Operation: 1978-1991
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: In Apr 2006, Alabama Power announced it would spend $200mn to retrofit Units 3&4 with SCR by 2008 and FGD scrubbers by 2011.

Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 18 Jan 2004

Widows Creek
Location: AL
Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority
Configuration: 6 X 140 MW, 1 X 575 MW, 1 X 550 MW
Operation: 1954-1965
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: GE, BBC
Quick facts: In September 2004, Widows Creek-3 broke the TVA continuous-run mark for fossil units at 616 days. On Dec 30, the plant went to 707 days and set a new all-time running record for fossil or nuclear units of any size. Unit-8 has one of the first full-scale FGD scrubbers built in the USA. This was completed in 1977 and was modeled on a demonstration unit at Shawnee.
Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority
Posted 16 Jun 2001

Abbreviations: BBC = Brown Boveri, B&W = Babcock & Wilcox, CE = Combustion Engineering, GE = General Electric, SCS = Southern Co Engineers, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 05/20/07

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Colbert Location: AL Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 4 X 200 MW, 1 X 550 MW Operation: 1955-1965 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: B&W T/G supplier: GE, Parsons EPC: TVA Quick facts: The plant is named after George Colbert, a chief of the Chickasaw Indian Nation in the early 19th century. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Posted 30 Dec 2004	Gadsden Location: AL Operator: Alabama Power Co Configuration: 2 X 69 MW CHP Operation: 1978-1991 Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE, WH Quick facts: In 1995, a 5,000ft steam supply line was built to the nearby Goodyear tire plant. Saturated steam flows range from 40-120,000 lbs/hr. Photograph courtesy of Power Posted 6 Sep 2006	James H Miller Location: AL Operator: Alabama Power Co Configuration: 4 X 660 MW Operation: 1978-1991 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: B&W T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: In Apr 2006, Alabama Power announced it would spend $200mn to retrofit Units 3&4 with SCR by 2008 and FGD scrubbers by 2011. Photograph courtesy of Power Posted 18 Jan 2004

	Widows Creek Location: AL Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 6 X 140 MW, 1 X 575 MW, 1 X 550 MW Operation: 1954-1965 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: B&W, CE T/G supplier: GE, BBC Quick facts: In September 2004, Widows Creek-3 broke the TVA continuous-run mark for fossil units at 616 days. On Dec 30, the plant went to 707 days and set a new all-time running record for fossil or nuclear units of any size. Unit-8 has one of the first full-scale FGD scrubbers built in the USA. This was completed in 1977 and was modeled on a demonstration unit at Shawnee. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Posted 16 Jun 2001