Cholla Power Plant
Encyclopedia
Cholla is a major coal
-fired power plant near Joseph City, Arizona
. The coal burned at the plant comes from the McKinley Mine in New Mexico
.
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 power plant near Joseph City, Arizona
Joseph City, Arizona
Joseph City is an unincorporated community located in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is located on Interstate 40 about eighty miles east of Flagstaff....
. The coal burned at the plant comes from the McKinley Mine in New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
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Units
The plant currently consists of the following units:| Unit | Nameplate 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... ) |
Commissioning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 113.6 | 1962 | |
| 2 | 288.9 | 1978 | |
| 3 | 312.3 | 1980 | |
| 4 | 414 | 1981 |