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Dolet Hills
Location: LA
Operator: Cleco Power
Configuration: 1 X 650 MW
Fuel: lignite
Operation: 1986
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: WH
EPC: S&L, Austin Constructors
Quick facts: When built, Dolet Hills was jointly-owned by Central
Louisiana Electric and Southwestern Electric Power. The plant fires lignite mined nearby.
Photograph courtesy of Cleco Corp
Posted 4 Sep 2002 |
Independence
Location: AR
Operator: Entergy Arkansas
Configuration: 2 X 800 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Operation: 1983-1984
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Chas T Main, Brown & Root
Quick facts: Independence is jointly owned by a group
of nine municipal, coop, investor-owned, and deregulated power companies.
Photograph courtesy of Entergy Arkansas
Posted 9 Apr 2002 |
Jack Watson
Location: MS
Operator: Mississippi Power Co
Configuration: 2 X 75 MW, 1 X 112 MW, 1 X 250 MW, 1 X 500 MW
Operation: 1955-1961
Fuel: coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE, RS, FW
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Southern Co
Quick facts: Units 1-3 are gas fired. The plant was flooded by Hurricane
Katrina in Aug 2005.
Photograph by Linda Saxon Nix
Re-posted 15 Sep 2007 |
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Red Hills
Location: MS
Operator: Suez Energy Generation NA
Configuration: 1 X 490 MW
Fuel: lignite, natural gas, wood
Operation: 2002
Boiler supplier: Alstom
T/G supplier: Toshiba
EPC: Bechtel
Quick facts: This $500mn IPP project has two CFB boilers feeding a single T/G
set. Construction on the 3,000ac site started in Nov 1998 after 3yrs of
development work by Tractebel Power. Red Hill Mine delivers about 10,000 tpd of
lignite to the power station and electricity is sold to TVA.
Photograph courtesy of
Suez Energy North America
Posted 28 Jun 2006 |
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Rodemacher
Location: LA
Operator: Cleco Power
Configuration: 1 X 446 MW, 1 X 558 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Operation: 1975-1982
Boiler supplier: B&W, FW
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: S&L, Brown & Root
Quick facts: Unit-1 is 100% owned by Cleco Corp and gas-fired. Unit-2 is jointly owned by Cleco Power, Lafayette Utilities
System and Louisiana Electric Power Authority (LEPA) and is coal-fired. The plant’s 3,000ac cooling lake is open to the
public for recreational purposes.
Photograph courtesy of Cleco Corp
Posted 3 Sep 2002 |
