John E. Amos power plant

John E. Amos power plant
	The cooling towers of the power plant (1973)
	location
	West Virginia , United States
Coordinates	38 ° 28 '28 " N , 81 ° 49' 24" W Coordinates: 38 ° 28 '28 " N , 81 ° 49' 24" W.
country	United States
Waters	Kanawha River
	Data
Type	coal-fired power station
Primary energy	Fossil energy
fuel	Hard coal
power	2900 MW electric
owner	Appalachian Power
Start of operations	1971

The John E. Amos Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant in the US state of West Virginia . It is located on the Kanawha River near the town of Nitro .

The three blocks have a total capacity of 2,900 MW. Unit 3 (with the similar Cumberland power station ) was one of the most powerful in the world when it was completed.

A flue gas desulphurization system was installed from 2005 to 2008 .

blocks

Kanawha River, in the back the power station

block	power	Installation
1	816.3 MW	September 1971
2	816.3 MW	June 1972
3	1300 MW	October 1973

Individual evidence

↑ Aleksandr Shaulovich Leĭzerovich: Steam Turbines for Modern Fossil-fuel Power Plants . The Fairmont Press, Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-0-88173-549-9 , p. 15.
^ B&W Awarded Environmental Equipment Contract for AEP'S Amos Plant in West Virginia , November 4, 2005

[1] Aleksandr Shaulovich Leĭzerovich: Steam Turbines for Modern Fossil-fuel Power Plants . The Fairmont Press, Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-0-88173-549-9 , p. 15.

[2] B&W Awarded Environmental Equipment Contract for AEP'S Amos Plant in West Virginia , November 4, 2005