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Barry
Location: AL
Operator: Alabama Power Co
Configuration: 2 X 153 MW, 1 X 272 MW, 1 X 404 MW, 1 X 789 MW
Operation: 1954-1971-1991
Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE, WH
EPC: SCS
Quick facts: Barry is on the west bank of the Mobile River. The plant is
named for James M Barry, President of Alabama Power from 1949-1952. Unit-5
is supercritical.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 10 Nov 2010 |
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 |
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Charles R Lowman
Location: AL
Operator: PowerSouth
Configuration: 1 X 66 MW, 2 X 258 MW
Operation: 1969-1980
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: BW, RS
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Burns & McDonnell
Quick facts: Plant Lowman is on the Tombigbee River and is
PowerSouth’s primary generating resource. Construction on Unit-1 started
in 1965 and work on Units 2&3 began in 1976. The plant burns around 1.5mn
tpy of coal transported to the plant by barge and rail. Units 2&3 were
designed and installed with FGD systems, some of the first in the USA, and
the system was upgraded in 2009 with a Chiyoda CT-121 scrubber serving all
three boilers. SCR systems were added to Units 2&3 in 2008.
Photograph courtesy of PoweSouth
Posted 27 Jun 2009 |
James H Miller
Location: AL
Operator: Alabama Power Co
Configuration: 4 X 706 MW
Operation: 1978-1991
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: SCS
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
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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 |
