Rock River Generating Station

Infobox_Power_Station
station_name=Rock River Generating Station

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location=Town of Beloit, Wisconsin
owner=Wisconsin Power and Light
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fuel_type=Natural gas, originally Coal
mine_type=
conveyance=Pipeline
cooling_water=Rock River
technology=Steam turbine
combined_cycle=no
turbines=2
reciprocating_engines=
pumped_storage=
max_capacity=
commissioned=Unit 1 1952
Unit 2 1953
decommissioned=
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Rock River Generating Station is an electrical power station located north of Beloit, Wisconsin in the town of Beloit at 827 (West Beloit Rock) W. B. R. Townline Road on the west bank of the Rock River. As of 2008, the facility is owned and operated by Wisconsin Power and Light, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliant Energy.

History

The facility opened in the early 1950s and consists of two at 969.6 mmBtu per hour Babcock and Wilcox cyclone boilers each with one steam turbine. Originally designed to burn Illinois Basin Bituminous coal supplied by rail car or barge, the site switched to Natural gas or lower sulfur Powder River basin coal. Additionally, a 30 MW combustion turbine was added in 1967 and two 50 MW combustion turbines were added between 1972 and 1977. As of 2000, the boilers were capable of operating on a variety of fuel sources, including natural gas, Powder River Basin coal, #2 fuel oil and tire derived fuel. [ [http://dnr.wi.gov/air/permitzip/154003740-P10.zip Air permit] (ZIP and DOC)] Coal is apparently not burned at the site as of 2007 since the facility closed its landfill it had used for fly ash. [ALLIANT ENERGY CORP Form:10-K Filing Date:3/4/2005 [http://sec.edgar-online.com/2005/03/04/0000107832-05-000069/Section10.asp Section 10] .] Electricity is generated via steam turbines and process water is taken from the Rock River.

Adjacent facilities

There is an Alliant maintenance facility located adjacent to the station [ [http://www.alliantenergy.com/docs/groups/public/documents/pub/p012356.hcsp Garage Locations ] ] and Riverside Energy Center, a 603 MW combined cycle natural gas facility owned by Calpine, is also adjacent. [ [http://www.calpine.com/power/plant.asp?plant=196 Calpine | Power Plants ] ] [ [http://www.calpine.com/power/plants.asp Calpine | Power Plants | Power Plants ] ]

Gallery

ee also

*List of power stations in Wisconsin

References

External links

*http://dnr.wi.gov/air/PermitZIP/APM_toc.htm#section_A