Coal-Fired Power Plants in Georgia

Arkwright Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 2 X 46 MW, 2 X 49 MW Operation: 1941-1948 (ret 2002) Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE, B&W T/G supplier: WH, GE EPC: Georgia Power Quick facts: Preston S Arkwright was one of the founders and later president of Georgia Power Co. Photograph by Scott Mosher Posted 12 Sep 2007	Bowen Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 1 X 806 MW, 1 X 789 MW, 2 X 952 MW Operation: 1971-1975 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: WH, GE EPC: SCS Quick facts: Plant Bowen was built at a cost of about $400mn on a 3,000ac site mnar the Etowah River in Bartown County. The facility produces as much as 20 TWh/yr. At full load, coal burn is 1,100t/hr. All four supercritical untis have been retrofit with SCR and wet limestone FGD systems. Photograph courtesy of Georgia Power Co Posted 8 Jan 2012	Hammond Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 3 X 100 MW, 1 X 500 MW Operation: 1954-1970 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: B&W, FW T/G supplier: WH EPC: SCS Quick facts: Plant Hammond has a 605ac site not far from the Georgia-Alabama line in Floyd Co west of Rome. Photograph by dennyswaitress (Panoramio) Posted 8 Jan 2012
Harllee Branch Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 1 X 299 MW, 1 X 359 MW, 2 X 544 MW Operation: 1965-1969 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: B&W, Riley T/G supplier: WH, GE EPC: SCS Quick facts: In 1951, Harllee Branch Jr became Georgia Power’s fifth president. Units 3&4 are supercritical and the completion of Unit-4 made Plant Branch Georgia's first 1-GW power plant. Coal burn is about 3mn tpy and the plant is connected to the grid at 230kV. The 1,000ft stack was built in 1978. Photograph by Scott Mosher Posted 12 Sep 2007	McDonough Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 2 X 270 MW Operation: 1963-1964 Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: SCS Quick facts: McDonough is on a 315ac acre plot on the north side of the Chattahoochee River near Smyrna. The stack is 850ft tall. Plant Atkinson, now demolished, was at the same site. The plant is named after Jack McDonough, who became Georgia Power’s sixth president in 1957. Both units will be retired after a new 800-MW CCGT plant comes online at the site. This was announced in Nov 2006 and should complete in 2011-13. Photograph by Scott Mosher Posted 8 Feb 2012	Scherer Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 4 X 891 MW Operation: 1982-1989 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: SCS, Georgia Power Quick facts: Plant Scherer was built on a 12,000ac site on Lake Juliette in Monroe Co. The $2.1bn plant is named for Robert W Scherer, former chairman and CEO of Georgia Power. The project is jointly-owned by Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Florida Power& Light, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG), Gulf Power, JEA, and Dalton Utilities. Scherer is connected to the local 500kV grid. Full-load coal burn is about 1,288t/hr. The cooling towers are 530ft tall and 400ft in diameter at the base. Each stack is 1,000ft tall. Photograph courtesy of Georgia Power Co Posted 8 Jan 2012
Wansley Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 2 X 865 MW Operation: 1976-1978 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: Daniel, SCS Quick facts: This facility was named for Hal B Wansley, former senior vice president of Georgia Power, and is jointly owned with Oglethorpe Power Corp, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Dalton Utilities. The site comprises 5,200ac in Heard and Carroll counties. With both units at full load, Plant Wansley burns 4-5mn tpy of coal. Since operation, the plant has been updated with a digital boiler control system, low NOx burners and SCR. The stack is 1,000ft tall. Wansley was built out with three large CCGT blocks. The plant has two switchyards, one at 500kV and the second at 230kV. Photograph courtesy of Georgia Power Co Posted 13 May 2002		Yates Location: GA Operator: Georgia Power Co Configuration: 3 X 123.5, 2 X 156.3, 2 X 403.8 MW Operation: 1950-1974 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: SCS Quick facts: Plant Yates was the first plant built during a huge construction program launched by Georgia Power after World War II. When the first phase was completed in 1952, Yates was the largest thermal power plant in Georgia. The site comprises nearly 2,400ac on the Chattahoochee River. Plant namesake Eugene AYates designed and built railroad tunnels in New York City before coming to Alabama Power as chief engineer in 1912. He was the architect of the interconnection of the utilities that eventually became Southern Company. In 1947, Yates was named the first president of Southern Company. Photograph courtesy of Georgia Power Co Posted 8 Jan 2012

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