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GRDA
Location: OK
Operator: Grand River Dam Authority
Configuration: 1 X 490 MW, 1 X 520 MW
Fuel: bituminous and subbituminous coal
Operation: 1982-1986
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: WH, BBC
EPC: UE&C, Benham Holway Power Group
Quick facts: The coal-fired plant complex serves as an
informal wildlife sanctuary as the plant cooling pond supports thousands
of migratory waterfowl.
Photograph courtesy of Grand River Dam
Auth
Posted 31 Jul 2004 |
Lon D Wright
Location: NE
Operator: Fremont Dept of Utilities
Configuration: 1 X 16.5 MW, 1 X 22 MW, 1 X 91.5 MW
Operation: 1957-1976
Fuel: coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: B&W, Erie
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Lutz Daily & Brain
Quick facts: Fremont’s first electric light plant went online in
1895 and continued in limited operation until 1976. Construction on Wright Unit 6
began in 1955 and the unit went commercial in Jan 1958 while Unit 7 came
online in Sep 1963. In 1971, construction started on Unit 8 and it went
into service in Sep 1976. Units 6&7 were designed with natural gas as
the primary fuel and coal as the backup fuel, but coal has been the main
fuel since gas shortages in the 1970s.
Photograph courtesy of
Fremont Dept of Utilities
Posted 29 Apr 2009 |
Muskogee 4-6
Location: OK
Operator: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Configuration: 3 X 572 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Operation: 1977-1984
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: WH
EPC: Brown & Root, Zachry, Bechtel
Photograph courtesy of xpda.com
Posted 28 May 2005 |
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Nebraska City
Location: NE
Operator: Omaha Public Power District
Configuration: 1 X 646 MW, 1 X 720 MW
Operation: 1979-2009
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: FW, IHI
T/G supplier: WH, Toshiba
EPC: Gibbs & Hill, Black & Veatch, Zachry, Kiewit
Quick facts: NC1 went commercial in May 1979. The EPC contractors
broke ground for NC2 in Sep 2005 and the unit went commercial on 1 May
2009 at a cost of approximately $710mn. This was the largest single contract
ever for the utility. OPPD uses half of the output from Nebraska City-2
and the other half is used by seven other public power entities who are
participating in the project including Nebraska Public Power District,
Nebraska City Utilities, Falls City Utilities, City of Grand Island
Utilities Department, Independence Power & Light, Missouri Joint Electric
Utility Commission, and Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency.
Photograph courtesy of Omaha Public
Power District
Re-posted 14 Jul 2009 |
North Omaha
Location: NE
Operator: Omaha Public Power District
Configuration: 1 X 74 MW, 2 X 109 MW, 1 X 136 MW, 1 X 250 MW
Operation: 1954-1968
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE, FW
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Pioneer, Gibbs & Hill, Gibbs Hill Durham & Richardson
Quick facts: This is OPPD's oldest power plant still in regular service
and occupies a 103ac site on the Missouri River. Each unit has been
upgraded to allow for cycling operation. Design fuel was Kansa coal plus
natural gas, but the stations now uses PRB coal.
Photograph courtesy of Omaha Public
Power District
Posted 1 Mar 2009 |
Platte
Location: NE
Operator: Grand Island Utilities
Configuration: 1 X 100 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Operation: 1982
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Lutz Daily & Brain
Quick facts:
PGS produces electrical power for approximately 60% of the
national average cost and Grand Island's electrical rates are among
the state's lowest.
Photograph courtesy of Grand Island
Utilities
Posted 11 Dec 2004 |
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Shady Point
Location: OK
Operator: AES Corp
Configuration: 2 X 160 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Operation: 1991
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Hitachi
EPC: Lummus-Crest
Quick facts:
The facility includes a 240 ton per day food grade, liquid and
solid carbon dioxide plant, which utilizes process steam.
The plant burns about 70% of the coal mined in the state. In total,
Shady Point is estimated to put about $60mn/yr into the regional economy.
For a time, a 600-MW unit was planned at Shady Point but the project was
terminated.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 19 Mar 2005 |
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Sheldon
Location: NE
Operator: Nebraska Public Power District
Configuration: 1 X 109 MW, 1 X 120 MW
Operation: 1964-1968
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: WH, GE
Quick facts: Between 1962 and 1964, this site hosted the Hallam nuclear
plant, a 75-MWe, 240-MWt sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear reactor
built and operated by the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1967, NPPD was
authorized to decommission and dismantle the facility, a process concluded
in 1969. The U.S. Dept of Energy currently maintains the remaining
nuclear-related buildings.
Photograph courtesy of Nebraska Public
Power District
Posted 12 Feb 2005 |
