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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
It is so nice to see a power plant that still has coal barges and piles of coal.
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| Satellite |
Unit 3 was added in 1977. [cardinalopco]
As I noticed in the first street view, it looks like Unit 3 was built downstream from the first two units. And it was built with scrubbers. That is, it doesn't have an old smokestack. I don't know why the one it has is so short.
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| Charlie Mason posted Cardinal Plant, Ohio Ian Hapsias: That's a great photo. Was this taken off the new wellsburg bridge? Charlie Mason: Ian Hapsias Yes [From some of the comments, the current plan is to retire #3 in 2028 and convert #1 and #2 to gas.] |
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| ppec "The plant has invested more than $1 billion into environmental upgrades — making it one of the cleanest coal-fired power plants in the world." |
The next day I came across this photo. It looks like all three units are running as of Sep 2023.
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| 1 of 6 photos posted by Ohio Department of Transportation Eastern Ohio District 11 It was certainly a beautiful day for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Wellsburg Bridge which now connects the communities of Brilliant, Ohio, and Wellsburg, West Virginia! Deputy Director Tom Corey shared "Today is a momentous occasion for our transportation agencies, but most importantly for the communities of Brilliant and Wellsburg. We are honored to have been a part of this remarkable accomplishment and to celebrate with you all today!" Bridges & Tunnels shared |
Even something as conceptually simple as placing screens on the cooling water intake to help save fish can be complicated. In this case sedimentation was the issue. [iihrengineering]
The don't have an ash disposal problem because they sell it to help make cement. [cardinalopco]
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