Belle River: (Satellite) 1,395 MW [gem-Belle_River]
Judging from the conveyor belts in the satellite images, these two plants share a coal handling facility. There is also a 350 MW peaker plant in this complex. [DetroitFreePress]
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| One of nine photos posted by Interlake Steamship Co. Incredible shots of our M/V Paul R. Tregurtha unloading at the St. Clair Power Plant today. #1013feet #thequeen #shippingmatters  : Stark Raving RobertRaymond Szybowicz: Does she ever go the Monroe power plant? Fred Hayes: Raymond Szybowicz yes but usually has to split loads with St Clair because of draft depth. |
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| Greg Mross posted Never forget...... On this day in 1966, the Daniel J. Morrell (built in 1906) sank in a storm on Lake Huron. Although the Morrell sinking is not as well known to the general public as the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is, it is just as tragic as 28 of 29 crewman lost their lives that day. To remember the Morrell and her crew, here is a beautiful shot of her passing the Detroit Edison St. Clair powerplant in August of 1966, only a few months before her demise. Neat sign on the power plant. John Ingles Kodachrome from my collection. Greg Mross posted with the same comment. |
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St. Clair had a big fire on Aug 11, 2016.
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| Photo by Amanda Hay via BlackBurnNews |
It took a year to fully restore the plant. [power-eng]
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| BLW and TCLP Belle River was completed in 1984. |
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| William M Bass posted, cropped Belle River Power Plant. St Clair is retired. All of their maintenance personnel have been moved to Belle River. Belle River is scheduled to be converted to natural gas in 23. Quinton Dolsen: William M Bass What caused the 2018 fire at st.clair thar was nuts William M Bass: Quinton Dolsen St Clair fire was a high pressure turbine lube oil line rupture. That was a crazy fire! I was on the turbine deck the next day and it looked like a scene from an apocalypse movie. Quinton Dolsen: William M Bass oh God I figured it was a oil fire. It was hot that day. What was the cause? |
A 2019 article says the closure date for the St. Clair plant has been moved from 2023 to 2022 and that work has started on the $1b, 1,150 MW (850,000 homes) natural gas plant (Blue Water Energy Center). The new plant is supposed to be up and running by March 2022. It can rampup 100 MW per minute, which is nearly 50 times faster than a coal-fired plant. The St. Clair plant has 315 employees whereas the new one needs just 35 employees. The Belle River plant is scheduled to close in 2030, and it has 186 employees. The new plant is being built next to the Beldle River plant. [TheTimesHearld, paycount 3]
A pipeline is being built to supply gas to southeast Michigan from the shale fields in Ohio and Pennsylvania. And the St. Clair County already "has the largest underground natural gas storage capacity in the Midwest." [DetroitFreePress]
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| Mike Delaney posted J.R Sensibar unloading cargo at the bottom of the Trenton channel in an oops moment. I heard she ran as a straightdecker for a while doing the best she could. |
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| Dec 17, 2022: Brian LaFrance posted DTE St. Clair Power Plant. Taken this year from the new Blue Water Energy Center. Robert W. Laeng: Worked there and Belle River in the early 2000s. Looks like it’s idled. How about Belle River? Ron Simons: Robert W. Laeng St. Clair is shutdown. Belle River is converting to gas over the next few years. |
Brennen Williams posted two photos with the comment: "St. Clair Power Plant in St. Clair, Michigan. This plant is slated for closure this year [2022]. I love the dedication piece. Hopefully it is saved before demolition would occur."
Chet Burnside: Does it have a scrubber or why are they closing. One of the reasons Hatfield and Mitchell closed here in pa was we were deregulated and couldn't pass on the cost and gas generation was cheaper, but gas isn't always as reliable, look at texas last winter. Nothing like having a 2 month supply of coal at the site for reliability. Comments welcome I'm sure thats not the only reason why they were deactivated, should have switched to co blend gas.
Brennen Williams: Chet Burnside St. Clair nor the neighboring Belle River are equipped with a flue gas desulfurization system. Monroe is the only plant in the DTE fleet with such equipment. Michigan is a regulated market, but DTE has promised a carbon free generating portfolio by either 2040 or 2050, I can’t remember. Closing of this plant is part of the long range plan to meet their carbon reduction goals. A natural gas plant is being built next to Belle River that will replace lost generation, but it still emits carbon. The original units still operating (1-4) have been shut down or are being shut down since a few years ago due to cracking found in the turbine rotors. I’m not sure which ones of the four are still running. SCPP 6 and 7 are newer units, but still slated for retirement. Trenton is also supposed to be shut down either this year or next year. They only have one unit still operating. Belle River is to close by 2030 and Monroe, the last DTE coal plant is to close by 2040.
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| David Schauer posted The Paul R. Tregurtha loading coal at MERC in Superior - the terminal's first shipment of the season. This is welcome news for the miners in the Powder River Basin, employees at BNSF and MERC, plus the fine folks at Interlake. Big Paul is loading for DTE's St. Clair and Monroe, Michigan generating stations. I had Gus grab a shot out the van window as we crossed the Blatnik Bridge today. 5/27/2020 |
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| David Schauer posted A beautiful calm Friday evening finds ASC's Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departing Duluth with 68,000 tons of coal for St. Clair and Monroe (DTE). |
A bonus for St. Clair
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| Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted A panoramic map of St. Clair, Mich. circa 1868, published by Eli Sheldon Glover and printed by the Chicago Lithographic Co. of Chicago, Ill. (Image Source: Library of Congress – Geography and Map Division collection). An analysis of a high-resolution copy of the image shows the sidewheel passenger ship Reindeer (left) and a steam tug towing three vessels, including a schooner and two barkentines. [The description has a lot more text providing a history of the ships and town.] |
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