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Greenidge Generation Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by AES near Dresden, New York.
In 1999, AES purchased six power plants in New York (including the Greenidge station) from NGE Generation, Inc. for $953 million.[1] The other stations included in the deal were AES Somerset, AES Cayuga, AES Westover, AES Hickling, and AES Jennison.[1]
In March 2011 AES announced it wanted to sell four of its New York coal plants, including Greenridge. The other plants included AES Cayuga, AES Westover and AES Somerset. [2]
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Plant Data
- Owner: AES Greenidge
- Parent Company: AES
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 163 MW
- Units and In-Service Dates: 50 MW (1950), 113 MW (1953)
- Location: 590 Plant Rd., Dresden, NY 14441
- GPS Coordinates: 42.679135, -76.948604
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 780,467 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions:
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions:
- 2005 Mercury Emissions:
The following table gives more info on this plant's SO2 emissions levels, as well as on whatever SO2 emissions "scrubbers" (Flue Gas Desulfurization units, or FGDs) have been installed at the plant. Each of the plant's units is listed separately, and at the bottom overall data for the plant is listed.[3][4]
| Unit # | Year Built | Capacity | MWh Produced (2005) | SO2 Emissions (2005) | SO2 Emissions per MWh (2005) | Average Annual Coal Sulfur Content | FGD Unit Type | FGD In-Service Year | FGD SO2 Removal Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1950 | 50 MW | 223,897 MWh | 4,110 tons | 36.71 lb./MWh | 2.14% | none installed | ||
| 4 | 1953 | 113 MW | 665,481 MWh | 10,244 tons | 30.79 lb./MWh | 2.03% | none installed | ||
| Total | 163 MW | 889,378 MWh | 14,354 tons | 32.28 lb./MWh |
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "AES completes acquistion of six power plants in New York with total capacity of 1424 MW", Business Wire via High Beam Research, May 14, 1999.
- ↑ "AES to sell four New York coal plants" Reuters, March, 4, 2011.
- ↑ Coal Power Plant Database, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.
- ↑ EIA-767, Energy Information Administration, 2005.
- Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
- Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.
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