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Belle River
Location: MI
Operator: Detroit Edison Co
Configuration: 2 X 698 MW
Operation: 1984
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Allis Chalmers Power Systems
EPC: Bechtel
Quick facts: Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA), owns 18.6% of Belle River. In 1981,
Detroit Edison agreed to maintain part of the 2,200ac site specifically
for wildlife preservation: this was certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council
in 1996. Belle River has also received ISO
14001 certification. The plant celebrated its 25th anniversary on 11 Oct
2010 having produced over 215 TWh of electricity over that period. The
boiler buildings are 257ft in height and the stacks are 665ft tall.
Photograph courtesy of Detroit Edison Co
Re-posted 25 Nov 2009 |
Filer City
Location: MI
Operator: CMS Generation
Configuration: 1 X 54 MW cogen
Operation: 1990
Fuel: bituminous coal, wood
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: ABB
Photograph courtesy of CMS Energy
Posted 15 Jan 2001 |
James De Young
Location: MI
Operator: Holland Board of Public Works
Configuration: 1 X11.5 MW, 1 X 22 MW, 1 X 29 MW
Operation: 1952-1969
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: RS, CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: B&V
Quick facts: Construction on the James De Young plant began in 1939, and 7.5-MW sets were initially installed 7.5 MW each. They were retired n the 1970s. The ramaing units at the site on Lake Macatawa remain in-service for the municipal power company. Large bulk freighters bring the coal to the James De Young facility via the Great Lakes and it is bleneded at the site. Non-contact cooling water from Unit-3 runs a snow-melt system in downtown Holland.
Photograph courtesy of Holland Board of Public Works
Posted 5 Oct 2011 |
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JH Campbell
Location: MI
Operator: CMS Generation
Configuration: 1 X 265 MW, 1 X 385 MW, 1 X 871 MW
Operation: 1962-1980
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE, B&W, FW
T/G supplier: AC, Westinghouse, GE
Quick facts: Unit-2 is supercritical.
Photograph courtesy of Consumers Energy
Posted 13 Jun 2001 |
Monroe
Location: MI
Operator: Detroit Edison Co
Configuration: 2 X 817 MW, 2 X 823 MW
Operation: 1971-1974
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE, WH
EPC: Deroit Edison, Townsend & Bottum
Quick facts: This is the third largest coal-fired plant in the USA. DTE Energy
has invested $1.7bn over the last 10rs in new APC equipment at Monroe
including B&W wet limestone FGD and three SCR systems. The FGD scrubbers
on Units 3&4 were completed in Nov and Jun 2009, respectively. Engineering
work is underway on two more FGD systems and a final SCR.
Photograph by Stefan Schlöhmer
Posted 29 Mar 2006 |
Presque Isle
Location: MI
Operator: We Energies
Configuration: 2 X 58 MW, 5 X 88 MW
Operation: 1955-1979
Fuel: bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, pet coke
Boiler supplier:
RS, CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Stone & Webster, Bechtel
Quick facts: Presque Isle occupies a 65ac site on Lake Superior in the
Upper Peninsula. The $280mn, baseload plant burns about 2mn tpy of coal
supplied by barge. Generating equipment was damaged by major flooding on
the Dead River in May 2003 The units have all been retrofit with baghouses
from Environmental Elements and Wheelabrator. The stacks are 450ft tall.
Presque Isle generates 90% of the UP's electricity and also supplies the
Tilden and Empire taconite mining complexes. Units 7-9 burn PRB coal and
are the site of a $53mn demonstration project for the Toxecon mercury
control system. This went operational in May 2006.
Photograph courtesy of We Energies
Posted 27 Oct 2007 |
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River Rouge
Location: MI
Operator: Detroit Edison Co
Configuration: 1 X 282 MW, 1 X 293 MW, 1 X 358 MW
Operation: 1956-1958
Fuel: bituminous coal, BFG, natural gas
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE, GFE
T/G supplier: GE, WJH, Allis Chalmers
EPC: Detroit Edison Co
Quick facts: River Rouge 1&2 (260 MW ea at the time) were the world's largest
generating units when commissioned.
Photograph courtesy of Detroit Edison Co
Posted 25 Nov 2009 |
St Clair
Location: MI
Operator: Detroit Edison Co
Configuration: 2 X 156 MW, 2 X 169 MW, 2 X 355, 1 X 545 MW
Operation: 1956-1969
Fuel: subbituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: AC, GE, WH
EPC: Owner, Townsend & Bottum
Quick facts: St Clair became the world's largest power plant when Unit-7 was commissioned in 1969.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 4 Dec 2004 |
T B Simon
Location: MI
Operator: Michigan State University
Configuration: 2 X 12.5 MW, 1 X 15 MW, 1 X 21 MW, 1 X 24 MW CHP
Operation: 1965-2006
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Tampella (CFB)
T/G supplier: Delaval, GE, Dresser
Quick facts: A 15-MW Solar Titan gas turbine was added in Jan 2006. The plant serves
56,000 students, faculty and support staff on a 2,000ac campus with around 85 buildings. It is directly connected to the campus 13.8kV grid.
The plant's maximum steam output is 1.1mn lbs/hr with average winter loads at about 650,000 lbs/hr.
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal
Re-posted 22 Mar 2007 |
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JB Sims 3
Location: MI
Operator: Grand Haven Board of Light & Power
Configuration: 1 X 73 MW
Operation: 1983
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Fuji Electric
EPC: Black & Veatch
Quick facts: This facility is on Harbor Island in the middle of the Grand River. Unit-3 went online in Aug 1983 and cost $88.5mn. Of this, about
$25mn was invested in an ESP and a wet lime FGD system, both from B&W. About 12 shipments of coal are received per year by lake vessel and fuel
burn is about 550 tpd. Sims 1&2 were both 10 MW and installed from 1959-61. These were taken offline in 1986. Sims-3 provides 95% of Grand
Haven BLP’s electricity and serves 13,400 customers in Grand Haven, Ferrysburg, Grand Haven Township, Robinson Township and Spring Lake Township.
Photograph courtesy of Grand Haven Board of Light & Power
Posted 10 Sep 2008 |
JC Weadock 7&8
Location: MI
Operator: CMS Generation
Configuration: 2 X 156 MW
Operation: 1955-1958
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE, Westinghouse
EPC: Commonwealth Associates
Quick facts: Weadock and the adjacent Karn plant form CMS's largest thermal plant complex.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 4 Nov 2006 |
JR Whiting
Location: MI
Operator: CMS Generation
Configuration: 2 X 100 MW, 1 X 125 MW
Operation: 1952-1953
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W, FW
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: Whiting is on an 875ac site on Lake Erie. The plant is named for Justin Rice Whiting, a former
president from 1941-51 and board chairman of Consumers Energy from 1940-41 and 1951-56.
Photograph by paulhitz (flickr)
Posted
19 Apr 2007 |
