Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Colorado
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Pueblo Location: Colorado Operator: Aquila Configuration: 1 X 7.5 MW, 1 X 15 MW Operation: 1941-1949 Fuel: natural gas Boiler supplier: Vogt, B&W T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: In addition to the two gas-fired conventional units, Pueblo has five diesel generators. Plant staff also operate five diesel generators in Rocky Ford, and five more diesel gensets at the Pueblo airport. Photograph courtesy of Aquila |
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Zuni Location: Colorado Operator: Xcel Energy Configuration: 1 X 39 MW, 1 X 68 MW Operation: 1956-1960 Fuel: natural gas Boiler supplier: B&W T/G supplier: WH Quick facts: The first generating unit at the site was built in 1900 and called the LaCombe Plant. Photograph by
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Abbreviations: B&W = Babcock & Wilcox, CE = Combustion Engineering, GE = General Electric, T/G = turbine generator, WH = Westinghouse
Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 01/28/07