Brayton Point power station

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Brayton Point power station
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location
Brayton Point Power Plant, Massachusetts
Brayton Point power station
Coordinates 41 ° 42 '38 "  N , 71 ° 11' 38"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 42 '38 "  N , 71 ° 11' 38"  W.
country United States
Waters Atlantic
Data
Type 4 × coal power plant
Primary energy Fossil energy
fuel coal
power 1528 MW electric
owner Dynegy
Start of operations 1963
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The Brayton Point coal-fired power station is located near Brayton Point ( Bristol County ) at the mouth of the Taunton River in the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts on the border with Rhode Island .

Brayton Point was opened in 1963 and consists of four blocks with 243  MW , 240 MW, 612 MW and 435 MW installed capacity .

The power plant was originally owned by PG&E . As of 2005, it was owned by Dominion Resources . The private equity company Energy Capital Partners acquired the power plant in 2013 and sold it to Dynegy in April 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Dynegy: Power Generation Facilities ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dynegy.com
  2. Entry at SourceWatch
  3. ^ Energy Capital Partners: Investments