WA Parish power plant
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 28 ′ 41 ″ N , 95 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
| country | United States | ||
| Waters | Smithers Lake | ||
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| Type | 4 × coal power plant , 4 × gas power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | Hard coal , natural gas | ||
| power | 3653 MW electric | ||
| owner | Texas Genco | ||
| Start of operations | 1977 | ||
The power plant WA Parish is a coal and gas power plant in Thompsons, south of Houston ( Texas ). With a total installed capacity of over 3.6 GW, it is the largest conventional power plant in the USA.
The coal blocks burn low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin .
The CO 2 from the flue gas of block 8 is to be separated in the CCS project Petra Nova and used for tertiary oil extraction . The plan is to complete the system by the end of 2016.
blocks
| block | Energy source | power | completion |
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| 1 | gas | 174 MW | 1958 |
| 2 | gas | 174 MW | 1958 |
| 3 | gas | 278 MW | 1961 |
| 4th | gas | 552 MW | 1968 |
| 5 | coal | 734 MW (650 MW) | 1977 |
| 6th | coal | 734 MW (650 MW) | 1978 |
| 7th | coal | 615 MW (560 MW) | 1980 |
| 8th | coal | 615 MW (610 MW) | 1982 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ texas-flyer.com: WA Parish Electric Generating Station
- ↑ a b c W.A. Parish Electric Generation Station, Thompson, Texas ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2016 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. , August 15, 2004
- ↑ Petra Nova
- ↑ Fact Sheet ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2016 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.
- ↑ Umair Irfan: World's Largest Carbon-Capture Plant to Open Soon , October 4, 2016
