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Baldwin
Location: IL
Operator: Dynegy
Configuration: 1 X 623 MW, 2 X 635 MW
Operation: 1970-1975
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: WH, GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy, Baldwin Associates
Quick facts: This plant was originally built for and operated by Illinois
Power. As part of this project, a 2,018ac perched cooling lake was built
by constructing an 8mi levee on the Kaskaskia River and dredging out a
section of bottomland. Most of the lake is maintained by the state and
operated as a fishery resource and wildllfe habitat. The plant has two
cyclone boiler units with SCR and a tangential boiler which were used for
a demonstration of an online boiler and pollution control equipment
optimization system developed by NeuCo Inc. The $45mo project cost about
$19mn of which 45% was paid by the US Dept of Energy.
Photograph courtesy of Dynegy
Posted 10 Aug 2008 |
Cahokia
Location: IL
Operator: AmerenUE
Configuration: 3 X 30 MW, 1 X 50 MW, 2 X 75 MW
Operation: 1923-1937 (ret 1976)
Fuel: bituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: Cahokia was an early "superpower" plant
and at completion was the largest power station in the Mississippi Valley.
The brick structure was built on a 52ac site and rested on concrete piles
driven to hard gravel 30ft below the river bed of the Mississippi. The
265ft stacks are 21ft in top diameter. Cahokia was the first power plant
designed to use pulverized Illinois coal and late in life was converted to
oil firing. Twenty-nine submarine cables carried electricity to St. Louis.
Union Electric sold the property in 1979.
Photograph by Nikon 66 (flickr)
Posted 18 Apr 2007 |
Coffeen
Location: IL
Operator: Ameren Energy
Configuration: 1 X 389 MW, 1 X 617 MW
Operation: 1965-1972
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: Coffeen is in Montgomery Co on a 1,200ac, man-made cooling lake
managed by the Illinois Department of Natural resources. The plant has two universal pressure, once-through, cyclone-fired
boilers Both units have overfire air and SCR systems installed by S&L and
Alberici. Hitachi is installing wet FGD systems at Coffeen and three other
Ameren units. This contract was awarded in Aug 2006.
Photograph by Beth (returntocenterofamerica.blogspot.com)
Posted 6 Dec 2009 |
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Crawford 7&8
Location: IL
Operator: Midwest Generation LLC
Configuration: 1 X 239 MW, 1 X 358 MW
Operation: 1958-1961
Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE, Westinghouse
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: This plant is located on a 72ac site in the Little Village
section of Chicago. The first unit at Craford went online in 1924. The
plant was one of a group acquired by Edison Mission in Dec 1999. Crawford
is an evaluation site for new flue-gas, mercury control systems.
Photograph by Youth
Lab 2007 (flickr)
Posted 20 Sep 2008 |
Dallman
Location: IL
Operator: Springfiled City Water, Light and Power
Configuration: 2 X 90 MW, 1 X 207 MW, 1 X 230 MW
Operation: 1968-2009
Fuel: bituminous coal, biomass
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE, FW
T/G supplier: Westinghouse, GE, Toshiba
EPC: Burns & McDonnell, Black & Veatch, Kiewit
Quick facts: All thee units were retrofit with Lurgi SCR systems in May
2003 at a cost of $76mn. Units 1&2 are served by a Lurgi wet
limestone FGD system added in 1990 while Unit-3 has an FGD from Research
Cottrell built in 1980. Small quantities of outdated seed corn provided by
Eco Logic Services is burned in Units 1&2. Dallman-4 was completed about
6mos ahead of schedule at a cost of $515mn and was named Power magazine's
Plant of the Year.
Photograph by Terry
Farmer and courtesy of CWLP
Re-posted 26 Aug 2009
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Fisk 19
Location: IL
Operator: Midwest Generation LLC
Configuration: 1 X 374 MW
Operation: 1959
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Allis Chalmers
EPC: Bechtel
Quick facts: Fisk is said to be the first public utility power plant
entirely operated with steam turbines. In 1902, B&W supplied eight
508-hp steam boilers, rated at 180 psig and 530°F, for Commonwealth
Edison. Capacity was 5 MW each. The 44ac site is within the Chicago city
limits and the unit is directly connected to the ComEd 13 kV transmission
system. The station also includes a 110,000 lb/hr gas-fired auxiliary
boiler that supplies station heating requirements when the main boiler is
offline.
Photograph courtesy of
Power
Posted 3 Mar 2007
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Havana
Location: IL
Operator: Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
Configuration: 5 X 50 MW, 1 X 489 MW
Operation: 1947-1958
Fuel: subbituminous coal, fuel oil
Boiler supplier: CE, B&W
T/G supplier: GE, ACPS
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: This coal-fired plant on the east bank of the Illinois River
was built by Illinois Power Co and marked the company's large-scale move
into power generation. The old units, now used infrequently, were
converted to oil-firing in the early 1970s. The plant was one of five
coal-fired stations acquired in 2000
by Dynegy as part of its purchase of Illinova Corp. Havana-6 has been
retrofit with SCR. An FGD system is under construction.
Photograph courtesy of Illinois Power Co
Posted 23 Nov 2009
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Hennepin
Location: IL
Operator: Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
Configuration: 1 X 75 MW, 1 X 231 MW
Operation: 1947-1958
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: Hennepin is on the Illinois River and received most of its
coal by barge. In 1991, Unit-1 was used for tests of gas reburning
technology by Energy and Environmental research Corp. This was funded by
USDOE as part of its Clean Coal technology Program.
Photograph courtesy of Illinois Power Co
Posted 29 Nov 2009 |
Hutsonville
Location: IL
Operator: Ameren Energy
Configuration: 2 X 31 MW (ret), 1 X 80 MW, 1 X 82 MW
Operation: 1953-1954
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: In 1938, Central Illinois Public Service began construction
on a new power station in Crawford Co. On 15 Apr 1940, the first of two
31-MW unit went online, followed by a second on 1 Sep 1941. Construction
on Unit-3 began in Nov 1950 and, before that project was complete, work on
Uni-4 got underway. Unit-3 was placed in service in Jan 1953 and Unit 4
began commercial operation on 25 May 1954. Units 1&2 were retired in Dec
1982. In 1997, CIPS merged with Union Electric to form Ameren. Starting in
Sep 2004, the plant switched from design Illinois bituminous coal to PRB.
This was first used in a 1:3 blend, moving to a 3:1 blend about 6mos later
, and going to 100% PRB in spring 2006.The total cost of the conversion
including coal-yard upgrades was $11.4mn.
Photograph courtesy of
Power
Posted 11 Nov 2009 |
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Kincaid
Location: IL
Operator: Kincaid Generation
Configuration: 2 X 660 MW
Operation: 1967
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Westinghouse
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: Commonwealth Edison began
planning for Kincaid at a new minemouth site in 1963. In 30 yrs of operation, the station burned over 65mn tons of coal from
Peabody Coal’s Mine 10. Kincaid was switched to PRB coal in 1995 and, in
Feb 1998, Commonwealth Edison sold the plant to Dominion Resources.
Photograph courtesy of Kincaid
Generation LLC
Posted 13 Mar 2003 |
Newton
Location: IL
Operator: Ameren Energy
Configuration: 2 X 617 MW
Operation: 1977-1982
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy, Newton Associates
Quick facts: This plant in Jasper Co was built by Central Illinois Public
Service along with a cooling water reservoir known as Newton Lake. The
water body is administered by the Illinois Dept of Natural Resources as
the Newton Lake Fish and Wildlife area. In 1999, Newton completed a $30
conversion to PRB coal. Fuel burn is about 3.5mn tpy.
Photograph courtesy of Central Illinois
Public Service
Posted 6 Dec 2009 |
Pearl
Location: IL
Operator: Continental Cooperative Services
Configuration: 1 X 22 MW
Operation: 1966
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Stanley
Quick facts: The Pearl power station was built by Soyland Power Coop at a
site on the Illinois River.
Photograph courtesy of
Menard Electric Ccoperative
Posted 19 Aug 2006
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Powerton 5&6
Location: IL
Operator: Midwest Generation LLC
Configuration: 2 X 800 MW
Operation: 1972-1975
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: The first units at Powerton went online in 1928. The
plant's 1,400ac cooling lake is managed by the Illinois Dept of Natural
Resources and is a popular local fishing spot. Power 5&6 have an unusual
twin-boiler, single-turbine configuration.
Photograph courtesy of Edison International
Posted 27 Dec 2004 |
Vermilion
Location: IL
Operator: Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
Configuration: 1 X 75 MW, 1 X 109 MW
Operation: 1955-1956
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: Vermillion is 25mi east of Champagne-Urbana. Unit-1 was used
for test burns of chipped railroad ties and other waste wood. In the
spring of 2004, a 3yr project was completed when a Mobotec
Rotamix systems was turned over to plant operators. This achieves 80%+
Nox reductions.
Photograph courtesy of Illinois Power Co
Posted 29 Nov 2009 |
Wood River
Location: IL
Operator: Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
Configuration: 3 X 50 MW, 1 X 113 MW, 1 X 388 MW
Operation: 1949-1964
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy
Quick facts: Wood River was converted to PRB coal in 2002. Unit-5 was
retrofit with Foster Wheeler Low Nox burner tips at that time. The 50-MW
units are deactivated.
Photograph courtesy of Illinois Power Co
Posted 29 Nov 2009 |
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Will County
Location: IL
Operator: Midwest Generation LLC
Configuration: 2 X 188 MW, 1 X 300 MW, 1 X 600 MW
Operation: 1955-1963
Fuel: subbituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: GE, WH
EPC: Sargent & Lundy, Stone & Webster
Quick facts: Will County was one of seven plants acquired in Dec 1999 by
Midwest Generation from Commonwealth Edison for $4.8bn. Unit-4 was one
of the first three 500 MW+ units built in the world.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 19 Dec 2004 |
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