The power plant is served by a spur from the BNSF/Frisco tracks that are just to the west of the plant.
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| Don Stoeckel posted Plum Point Energy Station Dennis DeBruler: One 720mw unit that burns subbituminous coal. It went online in 2010. https://www.mapsearch.com/powe.../plum-point-energy-station/ |
I'm surprised that a new coal-fired plant would be built in the 21st Century. TweetGarot has three photos. The plant burns pulverized coal.
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A planned second unit was cancelled due to public and legal opposition. [AshTracker]
Even though it is a modern unit, it is subcritical. [gem]
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| PureEnergy 680mw net |
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| Photo via EncyclopediaOfArkansas, Courtesy of NRG Energy, NRG has three more photos. "Spurred by recent economic setbacks in the community and surrounding areas, the city of Osceola, led by Mayor Dickie Kennemore, actively began to seek new industries that would create jobs and bolster the local economy. A result of this effort was the decision announced in January 2001 by LS Power of Chesterfield, Missouri, to construct a coal-fired generating plant near Osceola. The city’s proposal integrated a persuasive package of incentives totaling $3.5 million, including an offer of a 1,000-acre site with infrastructure improvements and twenty years of real estate tax abatement." Since it is on the New Madrid Fault Zone, special bracing was added to act as a structural shock absorber. Construction with a high-water table was also challenging. "PPES burns Southern Wyoming Powder River Basin coal, emitting about twenty-five percent less carbon dioxide than some older coal-fired units still in operation." [I know that PRB coal has reduced sulfur. I wonder how it has reduced CO2.] |
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