Scherer power plant
Scherer power plant | |||
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Coordinates | 33 ° 3 '38 " N , 83 ° 48' 30" W | ||
country | United States | ||
Waters | Lake Juliette | ||
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Type | coal-fired power station | ||
Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
fuel | Hard coal | ||
power | 3520 MW electric | ||
owner | Georgia Power, several public utilities | ||
operator | Georgia Power | ||
Start of operations | 1982 |
The Scherer power plant ( English Plant Scherer ) is a coal-fired power plant near Juliette in the US state of Georgia . It is the largest all-coal power plant in the United States.
The Scherer power plant is supplied with coal trains from the Powder River Basin .
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block | power | Installation |
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1 | 880 MW | 1982 |
2 | 880 MW | 1982 |
3 | 880 MW | 1982 |
4th | 880 MW | 1982 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew Tarantola: America's Largest Coal Power Plant Burns 11 Million Tons of Bituminous a Year. In: Gizmodo . October 18, 2011, accessed October 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Plant Scherer ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.