Waste-to-Energy Power Plants in the USA - other states
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Alexandria/Arlington Location: VA Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 1 X 23 MW Operation: 1988 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Martin, Keeler Dorr Oliver T/G supplier: Dresser EPC: Clark-Kenith Inc Quick Facts: The Alexandria/Arlington plant began commercial operation in Feb 1988 and serves about 300,000 residents of the County of Arlington and the City of Alexandria, which jointly own the site. The facility's three, 325tpd furnaces supply renewable energy for Dominion Virginia Power Co. The 3.3ac site is the smallest for any of Covanta's WTE plants.
Photograph courtesy of Covanta Energy
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Fairfax Location: VA Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 2 X 62 MW Operation: 1990 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Ogden-Martin, Zurn T/G supplier: ABB EPC: NEPCO, Kiewit Quick Facts: The Covanta Fairfax RRF plant is also known as I-95 Energy or Lorton WTE. It began commercial operation in June 1990 and is CovantaEnergy's largest facility serving a population of more than 900,000 in suburban Fairfax County. Four 750tpd lines are in service with reciprocating grate stokers, water wall boilers, and gas-fired auxiliary burners. The combustors have SNCR systems, semi-dry lime scrubbers, fabric filters, and activated carbon injection. Up to 79 MW are sold to Dominion Virginia Power Co. This was the first Covanta Energy facility to have a non-ferrous metal recovery system.
Photograph courtesy of Covanta Energy
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Ford Heights Location: IL Operator: KTI Inc Configuration: 1 X 24 MW Operation: 1996 Fuel: tire-derived fuel Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Zurn T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: NEPCO Quick Facts: During start-up of this $110mn plant, Illinois modified its Retail Rate Act and repealed certain rate incentives, forcing the owners into bankruptcy. The plant was taken over by KTI Inc and Casella Waste Systems Inc and put back into operation. The incentives were reinstated in 2002. At full load, the plant burns 17,000 lbs/hr of TDF.
Photograph courtesy of NEPCO
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Greater Detroit RRF Location: MI Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 1 X 68 MW Operation: 1991 Fuel: RDF Boiler/incinerator system supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: Black & Veatch, Townsend & Bottum Quick Facts: By some measures, this is the largest WTE plant in the USA with a design throughput of 4,000tpd. The plant cost $478mn. Since 1993, Covanta has operated the plant under contract to Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA) and the facility is owned by the City of Detroit. The three incinerator lines have traveling-grate stokers and are equipped with Flakt semi-dry lime scrubbers and baghouses plus continuous emissions monitoring systems. Up to 550,000 pph of steam can be produced for the city's heating system and electricity is sold to Detroit Edison. Photograph by tEdGuY49 (flickr)
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H-Power Location: HI Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 1 X 63.8 MW Operation: 1990 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Hanjung, CE T/G supplier: Toshiba EPC: CE Quick Facts: In 1977, a consultant’s study established that development of a WTE plant would be feasible for Honolulu. In 1980, Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture (HRRV), turned in the low bid for a greenfield WTE plant next to the Oahu Sugar Mill in Waipahu. This was protested at the local level and the project was rebid. In Dec 1983 Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture (HRRV), a joint venture of Combustion Engineering and AMFAC, submitted the sole bid for an 1,800tpd facility on 28ac in Campbell Industries Park, Kapolei. Groundbreaking was in Dec 1985, but construction stalled while the air permits were re-done. Construction resumed in Jan 1988 and in Nov 1989, the facility was sold to Ford Motor Credit Corp in a sale/lease-back arrangement. Regular delivery of refuse to H-POWER started in December 1989 and the plant went commercial in May 1990. Covanta acquired the facility in 1993 and sells electricity to Hawaiian Electric.
Photograph courtesy of Covanta Energy
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Huntsville Location: AL Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 180,000 pph steam only Operation: 1990 Fuel: refuse, sewage sludge, landfill gas, natural gas Boiler/incinerator system supplier: ?? T/G supplier: n/a Quick Facts: The Huntsville WTE is a steam-only project on 20.5ac adjacent to the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal. It began commercial operation in Jul 1990 and processes MSW and sewage sludge from the Huntsville wastewater treatment plant. About 180,000 pph of steam is transmitted by a 6mi steam line to the Arsenal's for heating and air conditioning. The two 365tpd treatment lines have waterwall furnaces with Martin reverse-reciprocating grates, semi-dry lime scrubbers, baghouses, and other controls. Rated capacity for each line is 89,310pph. The Huntsville plant also has four, gas-fired package boilers in order to guarantee steam availability. These are equipped to burn landfill gas from a nearby landfill.
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Indianapolis Location: IN Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: steam only Operation: 1990 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: ?? T/G supplier: n/a Quick Facts: The Indianapolis RRF began commercial operation in Dec 1988, serving the approximately 815,000 residents of the City of Indianapolis and Marion County. The facility can process 2,175tpd of MSW and sells steam to Citizens Gas for the city district heating system. This covers downtown businesses, as well as Indiana University, Purdue University's Indianapolis campus, and Eli Lilly's pharmaceutical works. The Indianapolis RRF has three 725tpd waterwall furnaces with Martin reverse-reciprocating grates, semi-dry lime gas scrubbers, baghouses, plus NOX and mercury control systems.
Photograph courtesy of Covanta Energy
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Kent County Location: MI Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 1 X 18 MW Operation: 1990 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Martin, Keeler Dorr Oliver T/G supplier: Westinghouse EPC: Engineering Design Services, Granger, Townsend & Bottum Quick Facts: Kent County began commercial operation in Jan 1990 selling electricity to Consumers Power and up to 116,000 lbs/hr of steam to Kent County District Heating and Cooling Operation which supplies about 125 buildings in Grand Rapids including three area hospitals. The WTE plant is owned by the county which has an O&M contract with Covanta for the WTE plant, a gas-and oil-fired steam plant on Market Ave, and the underground steam network. MSW is supplied from Grand Rapids and five surrounding cities, East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood, Walker, and Wyoming. Kent County has two 312.5 tpd waterwall furnaces with Martin reverse-reciprocating grates, semi-dry lime gas scrubbers, fabric filters, SNCR, and activated carbon injection for mercury control.
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Marion County
Photograph courtesy of Covanta Energy
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Stanislaus County Location: CA Operator: Covanta Energy Configuration: 1 X 24 MW Operation: 1988 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Ogden Martin, Zurn T/G supplier: Elliott, Brush EPC: CRS Sirrine, Kiewit Quick Facts: Stanislaus RRF serves Modesto and Stanislaus County in the Cenral Valley. The plant went commercial in Jan 1989 with two 400tpd reverse-reciprocating grate treatment lines with semi-dry lime scrubbers, baghouses, and NOX and mercury controls. The facility is zero discharge. Electricity is sold to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Photograph courtesy of Covanta Energy This was photograph number 4,000 posted to the Power Plants Around the World photo gallery. |
Wheelabrator Portsmouth
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Updated 05/01/10