Blount Generating Station
Encyclopedia
Blount Generating Station, also known as Blount Street Generating Station is a base load, coal
-fired, electrical
power station
located in the city of Madison, Wisconsin
, in Dane County
.
in 2011. From 1979 to 1993 the facility burned refuse derived fuel diverting waste from the local landfill and generating electricity with it. It also test burned switchgrass
in 1995 and 1996.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
-fired, electrical
Electric power
Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...
power station
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
located in the city of Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
, in Dane County
Dane County, Wisconsin
As of the census of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 355 people per square mile . There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 150 per square mile...
.
Fuel
As of 2008, Blount is fueled by coal and pre-consumer waste containing both paper and plastic. MGE plans to refuel the facility to more expensive, but cleaner natural gasNatural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
in 2011. From 1979 to 1993 the facility burned refuse derived fuel diverting waste from the local landfill and generating electricity with it. It also test burned switchgrass
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico...
in 1995 and 1996.
Units
Blount has nine boilers and six steam turbines. As of 2006, only five were operational:| Unit | Name-plate capacity (MWe MWE MWE may refer to:*Manufacturer's Weight Empty*McDermott Will & Emery*Midwest Express, an airline*Merowe Airport - IATA code*Multiword expressionMWe may refer to:*Megawatt electrical... ) |
Summer capacity (MWe MWE MWE may refer to:*Manufacturer's Weight Empty*McDermott Will & Emery*Midwest Express, an airline*Merowe Airport - IATA code*Multiword expressionMWe may refer to:*Megawatt electrical... ) |
Winter capacity (MWe MWE MWE may refer to:*Manufacturer's Weight Empty*McDermott Will & Emery*Midwest Express, an airline*Merowe Airport - IATA code*Multiword expressionMWe may refer to:*Megawatt electrical... ) |
Initial year of operation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 34.5 | 39.2 | 41.7 | 1953 |
| 4 | 20 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 1938 |
| 5 | 23 | 28.5 | 30.3 | 1948 |
| 6 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 1957 |
| 7 | 50 | 48.2 | 52.7 | 1961 |
External links
- Scorecard
- http://www.mge.com/images/PDF/Brochures/Community/BlountGenStation.pdf
- http://dnr.wi.gov/air/PermitZIP/113004430-P01.zip
- http://dnr.wi.gov/air/PermitZIP/113004430-P10.zip