Edgewater Generating Station

Infobox_Power_Station
station_name=Edgewater Generating Station


location=Sheboygan, Wisconsin
owner= Several, primarily Alliant Energy and WPS
status=Active
fuel_type=Coal
mine_type=
conveyance=Ship / Rail
cooling_water=Lake Michigan
technology=Steam turbine
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turbines=
reciprocating_engines=
pumped_storage=
max_capacity=700+ MW
commissioned=1931
decommissioned=
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Edgewater Generating Station is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in Sheboygan County, which provides electricity for customers in the northeastern part of Alliant Energy's Wisconsin Power & Light service area, along with service to several local municipal utilities.

Units

In 1952 one of the units was upgraded with a Babcock and Wilcox cyclone boiler. At the time, the facility was using a 50/50 mix of Illinois and West Virginia coal. The West Virginia coal was shipped via lake freighter from Lorain, Ohio. [Generating Unit Consumes 27 Tons Of Coal An Hour. Sheboygan Press, The. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Tuesday, April 29, 1952. Page 39.]

At present, coal is delivered to the plant entirely by railroad, originating primarily from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

Unit 3 and 4 share the same chimney.

References

ee also

* Alliant Energy
* List of power stations in Wisconsin

External links

*http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52485/000010783207000058/form10k123106.htm
*http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/cap/facility.tcl?facility_id=55117-0330
*http://dnr.wi.gov/air/PermitZIP/460033090-P10.zip