Archbald
Location: PA
Operator: PEI Power
Configuration: 1 X 23 MW cogen
Operation: 1990
Fuel: natural gas, landfill gas
Boiler supplier: RS, Vereinigte Kesselwerke AG
T/G supplier: Dresser
Quick facts: The plant was designed by Riley Stoker Corp and modified by VKW.
It was first operated by Archbald Power Corp and began commercial operation in 1990 burning anthracite culm. The
plant was shutdown in July 1997 and set for dismantling and shipment to Asia when
PEI Power purchased the site and equipment. In January 1998, Foster-Wheeler was awarded
a contract to rebuild Archbald to burn gas.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 4 Dec 2004 |
Benning Road 15&16
Location: DC
Operator: Potomac Electric Power Co
Configuration: 2 X 290 MW
Operation: 1964-1972
Fuel: fuel oil
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Bechtel
Quick facts: These are the last large-scale generating units in the
District. While they operate only infrequently for peaking service, their
retirement is uncertain due to regional reliability concerns . The first
coal-fired units at the site on the Anacostia River went online around
1917. Coal was phased out of the generating mix in the mid-1970s and the
last smaller sets at the site were retired around 1980.
Photograph by M V Jantzen (flickr)
Posted 2 Apr 2010 |
Bergen
Location: NJ
Operator: PSEG Fossil LLC
Configuration: 2 X 325 MW
Operation: 1959-1960 (ret)
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: WH
Quick facts: The Bergen plant site is between the Hackensack River and
Overpeck Creek and was extensively reclaimed prior to construction of the
steam-electric plant. These two units were originally coal-fired and
converted from coal to gas and oil fuels. The steam sets were retired in
1995 and Unit-1 was repowered.
Photograph courtesy of Public Service Electric & Gas
Posted 28 Feb 2009 |
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Chalk Point
Location: MD
Operator: Genon Energy Inc
Configuration: 2 X 364 MW, 2 X 659 MW
Operation: 1964-1981
Fuel: heavy oil, natural gas, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Bechtel, UE&C
Quick facts: Chalk Point was built and operated by Potomac Electric Power
Co and sold to Mirant in Dec 2001. This is the largest power plant in
Maryland. In 1987, Pepco agreed to maintain much of the 1,160ac site as a
wildlife sanctuary. There is also an aquaculture center on the property.
Units 1&2 are supercritical coal-fired sets and were retrofit with B&W FGD
systems in Dec 2009 by Shaw Group. Unit-1 also has an SCR system, Unit-4
was the last conventional, utility-owned, oil-fired unit built in the continental USA.
Photograph courtesy of Mirant
Re-posted 27 Jan 2010 |
Delaware
Location: PA
Operator: Exelon Generation
Configuration: 4 X 30 MW, 2 X 156 MW (ret)
Operation: 1920-1953
Fuel: fuel oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE, WH
EPC: Stone & Webster
Quick facts: Philadelphia Electric's coal-fired Delaware and Richmond
steam-electric plants were designed by John T Windrim and W C L
Eglin. This site is on the Delaware Rive and includes the former Neafie &
Levy shipyard. Construction got underway in 1917 but stalled due to lack of financing.
Work re-started in 1920 and the first two sets came online later in the
year. Two more 30-MW sets were ordered in 1923 and a pair of much larger
units in 1950. The 30-MW units were retired in the 1970s, but Units 5&6 operated until 2004,
having in the meantime been converted to oil firing.
Photograph courtesy of Philadelphia Electric Co
Posted 24 Nov 2009 |
Fairless
Location: PA
Operator: Exelon Corp
Configuration: 2 X 30 MW
Operation: 1955
Fuel: landfill gas
Boiler supplier: RS
T/G supplier: GE, AC
Quick facts: PECO Energy plant purchased this plant from USX Corp in Feb
1997. It was originally designed to burn oil, natural gas, and waste gases
from the Fairless Mill, which was opened in 1952. All "hot" works at the
USX site were closed from 1982-1991. In 2004, Exelon started a two-phase
project to convert the boilers to burn landfill gas from the Grows and
Tulleyton landfills run by Waste Management Inc. This is now the
highest-capacity LFG power plant in the USA.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 6 Sep 2006 |
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Gould Street
Location: MD
Operator: Constellation Energy
Configuration: 1 X 102 MW
Operation: 1952
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: In June 2007, Gould Street-3 was restarted after 5yrs offline
due to a turbine failure. Constellation Energy invested $26mn in the
restart effort. Gould Street plant will only operate during peak demand
periods and is permit-limited to an annual load factor of about 10%. The
site is on the north shore of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in
Baltimore Harbor. Two 36-MW units were built at the site in 1927/28. These
were retired in 1977.
Photograph copyright by and courtesy of Constellation Energy
Posted 24 Sep 2008 |
Martins Creek
Location: PA
Operator: PPL Generation
Configuration: 2 X 150 MW (ret), 2 X 835 MW
Operation: 1954-1976
Fuel: natural gas, heavy oil
Boiler supplier: FW, CE
T/G supplier: GE, MAN, Alsthom
EPC: Ebasco, Gilbert Commonwealth, UE&C
Quick facts: Coal-fired Units 1&2 were shut down in Sep 2007. Units 3&4 were built to burn crude or
No 6 fuel oil. In 1996, the units were modified so they could burn natural
gas as well. PPL manages hiking trails upriver from the plant as part of
the 215ac Martins Creek Environmental Preserve. Adjacent to the
conventional plant is PPL's 580-MW Lower Mount Bethel combined-cycle.
Photograph courtesy of PPL Corp
Posted 27 Aug 2005 |
Sewaren
Location: NJ
Operator: PSEG Fossil LLC
Configuration: 4 X 110 MW, 1 X 389 MW (ret)
Operation: 1948-1962
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: WH, GE
Quick facts: In 2001, Brandenburg was hired for the complete demolition and removal of Sewaren-5, a 389-MW heavy oil-fired unit (left in photo). The boiler and 350ft stack were safely dropped onsite.In Feb 2012, PSEG announced they were considering putting a 625-MW CCGT at the Sewaren site, a 62ha parcel on Arthur Kill in Woodbridge Twp. The existing units are lightly-loaded and mainly provide relability services for the PJM power pool.
Photograph courtesy of Brandenburg Industrial Service Co
Posted 29 Feb 2012 |
