Port Washington Generating Station

Port Washington Generating Station

Infobox_Power_Station
station_name=Port Washington Generating Station


location=Port Washington, Wisconsin
owner=WE Energies
status=Active, under construction
fuel_type=Natural gas
mine_type=
conveyance=16-mile lateral pipeline from Jackson, Wisconsin
cooling_water=Lake Michigan
technology=two combustion turbine-generators and one steam-turbine generator per unit
combined_cycle=yes
turbines=GE Gas turbine
reciprocating_engines=
pumped_storage=
max_capacity=Unit 1: 575 megawatts
Unit 2: under construction
commissioned=Unit 1: July 16, 2005
Unit 2: planned for 2008
decommissioned=
extra=

Port Washington Generating Station is an intermediate-load, natural gas fired, electrical power station located on Lake Michigan in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The natural gas facility replaced an older coal fired station in the early 2000s.

ee also

*List of power stations in Wisconsin

External links

*http://www.wepowerthefuture.com/projects/pw_project.htm
*http://www.we-energies.com/home/PWGS.pdf
*http://www.wepowerthefuture.com/wepowernews/news_20050731_topplant.pdf
*http://www.we-energies.com/pwpp_factsheet.pdf


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