American Public Power Association The Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment...
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American Public Power Association The Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment Raj Rao President, Indiana Municipal Power Agency Chairman, Prairie State Generating Company
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American Public Power Association
The Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment
Raj RaoPresident, Indiana Municipal Power AgencyChairman, Prairie State Generating Company
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Campus Overview
• Site Area: 700+ Acres
• Coal Fuel: Adjacent New Mine
• Water Supply & Discharge: From the Kaskaskia River – 14 miles from the Site
• Waste Disposal: Rail Transport to Offsite Disposal Area and Limestone Delivery
• Transmission: Interconnect with Local Utility – Ameren 2 – 345 kV “Short” Lines at the Site 1 – 345 kV “Long Line” across the Mississippi River Other Transmission Upgrade Projects
• Base Target Completion Dates: Unit 1 – August 2011 Unit 2 – May 2012
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Prairie State Owners Serve More Than 2.5 Million People In Nine States
AMP-Ohio368 MW
Indiana Municipal Power200 MW
Missouri Joint MunicipalElectric Utility Commission
195 MW
Prairie Power, Inc.130 MW
Illinois Municipal Electric240 MW
Southern IllinoisPower Cooperative
125 MW
Northern Illinois MunicipalPower Agency 120 MW
Kentucky Municipal Power124 MW
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American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus
Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment
• Site Selection• Environmental Permits• Partners & Financing• EPC Contractor
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American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus
Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment
• Procurement• Construction• Safety, Cost and Schedule• Staffing
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American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus
Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment
• Construction– Bechtel EPC-M– Peabody-Mine– PSGC Staff
• Operations– Experienced Operator vs. Experienced
Staff (Hire)
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Coal Mine Overview Project participants own 200 Million tons of
coal (recoverable) for a dedicated source of fuel for the project– Mineral rights to coal are owned– Reserves located adjacent to the plant to the East, West and
North of the project– Adequate to supply project for 30 years at approximately 6.5
Million tons per year– Using continuous mining technology
American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus
Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment
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Slope
Basin
StockpileFuture Office
In the Beginning:
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Aerial of the Mine Slope
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Mine Slope – at Brow
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Power Plant Overview October 2007
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19 Months LaterFirst Unit 2 Structural
Steel
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Major Safety Milestone
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Power Plant Overview
2 x 800 MW Net Supercritical Units
Babcock & Wilcox Pulverized Coal Boilers
Toshiba Steam Turbine Generators
Siemens/Wheelabrator Air QualityControl System
Balance of Plant with: Cooling Towers Water Treatment Plant Single Shell, Dual Flue Chimney 14 mile Raw Water Pipeline 4 mile Railroad
General Contractor – Bechtel PowerCorporation
First ConcreteFeb. 2008
Completed Unit 1 Boiler Steel March
2009
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Construction - Project Quantities
• Concrete – approx. 165,000 cubic yards, enough concrete to fill more than 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools
• Structural and Miscellaneous Steel – approx. 42,000 tons, about half of the steel tonnage of Sears Tower
• Pipe (A/G and U/G) – approx. 120 miles, enough pipe to stretch from Lively Grove, IL to Springfield, IL
• Scheduled Cable – approx. 1,200 miles, enough cable to stretch from St. Louis, MO to El Paso, TX
Unit 1 Turbine Pedestal & Boiler
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Biggest Construction Project in the Country!
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PSGC Community OutreachPrairie State Project Poker Run
Sunday, October 5, 2008
137 individuals participated in this PSGC sponsored eventRaising $6,000 for the youth of Tilden
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