French Island Generating Plant
- French Island Generating Plant
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station_name=French Island Generating Plant
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location=French Island, Wisconsin
owner=Xcel Energy
status=Active
fuel_type=Various
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max_capacity=228 MW
commissioned=1941
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French Island Generating Plant is a petroleum and waste fired, electrical power station located on French Island in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Unit 1 and 2 are boiler / steam turbine units originally constructed in the 1940s operating on coal. They were converted to burn oil in the early 1970s. When oil became too costly, alternative fuels were used. Unit 2 was converted to burn waste wood in an Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustion Boiler in the early 1980s with unit 1 following in 1987.
RDF
The two boiler units also burn Refuse derived fuel (RDF) diverting solid waste from the municipal landfill. The facility normally burns 50/50 mix of RDF and wood waste. The result of burning RDF is the release of dioxin into the air. Excessive dioxin releases have forced the shutdown of the boilers as recently as October 2007. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3652/is_20071009/ai_n21086388]
Units
ee also
*List of power stations in Wisconsin
External links
*http://www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0,3080,1-1-1_41994_40487_4240-3686-0_0_0-0,00.html
*http://dnr.wi.gov/air/PermitZIP/632022820-P01.zip
*http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/facility.tcl?tri_id=54603NRTHR200SB
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