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POWERPLANT CONSTRUCTION
List: New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
From "Powerplant Construction" - Dec 3. 2001 special issue of ENR
12/3/2001
Byline
A Special Report by Engineering News-Record and Power Magazines

 

 

 

 

 


NEW U.S. POWERPLANTS OVER 50 MW
Recently Completed, Under Construction and Planned
LOCATION PLANT NAME
RATING(MW)
 PLANT OWNER
YEAR OF START-UP
TYPE
FUEL
KANSAS      
Holcomb Sand Sage
600
 International Energy Partners LP
2005
ST
Coal
Colwich Gordon Evans
150
 Kansas Gas & Electric Co.
2001
GT
Gas
Montezuma Gray County
110
 FPL Energy
2002
W
Wind
KENTUCKY      
Not yet located Marshall County
640
 Duke Energy North America
2002
GT
Gas
Not yet located Kentucky Pioneer
540
 Global Energy Inc.
2003
CC
CGas
Talcum Kentucky Mountain
525
 Enviropower LLC
2005
ST
Coal
Buckner Bluegrass
510
 Dynegy Power Corp.
2002
GT
Gas
Henderson Henderson Generating
510
 Orion Power Holdings Inc.
2002
GT
Gas
Louisa Riverside Project
501
 Dynegy Power Corp.
2001
GT
Gas
Not yet located Breckinridge County
400
 DPL Energy
2002
GT
Gas
Louisa Foothills
330
 Dynegy Power Corp.
2002
GT
Gas
Maysville E A Gilbert
268
 East Kentucky Power Co-op Inc.
2004
ST
Coal
Winchester J K Smith
170
 East Kentucky Power Co-op Inc.
2001
GT
Oil
Louisville Paddys Run
151
 Louisville Gas & Electric Co.
2001
GT
Gas
Burgin E W Brown
133
 Kentucky Utilities Co.
2001
GT
Gas
Hawesville Hawesville Mill
88
 Willamette Industries Inc.
2001
STS
Wood
Smithland Smithland
83
 Smithland Hydroelectric Partners
2005
H
Water
Hawseville Cannelton
80
 Cannelton Hydroelectric Project
2005
H
Water
LOUISIANA      
Eunice Acadia
1,000
 Cleco Midstream Resources
2002
CC
Gas
Plaquemine Plaquemine Dow
900
 Dow Chemical Co.
2003
CC
Gas
Sterlington Ouachita
816
 Cogentrix Energy Inc.
2002
CC
Gas
Lake Charles Lake Charles Citgo
670
 Teco Power Services Corp.
2005
STS
Coke
Bogalusa Washington Parish
500
 Calpine Corp.
2002
CC
Gas
Shreveport Shreveport-Bossier
500
 FPL Energy
2004
CC
Gas
Carville Carville Energy
500
 SkyGen Energy LLC
2002
CC
Gas
Lake Charles Lake Charles Entergy
340
 Entergy Wholesale Operations
2002
GTS
Gas
Sulphur Calcasieu Dynegy
165
 Dynegy Power Corp.
2001
GT
Gas
Perryville Perryville
150
 Cleco Midstream Resources
2001-2002
GT-CC
Gas
Sterlington Sterlington
75
 NRG Energy Inc.
2001
GT
Gas
MAINE      
Westbrook Westbrook
200
 Calpine Corp.
2001
CC
Gas
MARYLAND      
Rock Springs Rock Springs
1,080
 Old Dominion Electric Co-op
2003-2004
GT
Oil
Dickerson Dickerson
666
 Mirant Corp.
2004-2005
CC
Gas
Waldorf Kelson Ridge
550
 Orion Power Holdings Inc.
2003
CC
Gas
MASSACHUSETTS      
Charlestown Mystic
1,512
 Sithe Energies
2002
CC
Gas
Weymouth Fore River
759
 Sithe Energies
2002
CC
Gas
Bellingham Bellingham
700
 FPL Energy
2003
CC
Gas
Sandwich Canal Repower
664
 Mirant Corp.
2002
CC
Gas
Blackstone Blackstone
570
 American National Power Inc.
2001
CC
Gas
Bellingham Bellingham LP
558
 American National Power Inc.
2002
CC
Gas
Medway Framingham
540
 Sithe Energies
2003
GT
Gas
Charlton Millennium
370
 PG&E National Energy Group
2001
CC
Gas
Everett Island End
350
 Tractebel Power Inc.
2002
CC
LNG
Brockton Brockton
272
 Brockton Power LLC
2002
CC
Gas
Cambridge Kendall Square
170
 Mirant Corp.
2002
CC
Gas
West Springfield West Springfield
100
 Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
2002
GT
Gas
MICHIGAN      
Niles Niles
1,100
 Indeck Energy Services
2004
CC
Gas
Berrien Berrien Energy
1,030
 Calpine Corp.
2004
CC
Gas
Covert Twp. Covert
1,000
 PG&E National Energy Group
2003
CC
Gas
Carson City Renaissance
680
 Dynegy Power Corp.
2002
GT
Gas
Wyandotte Wyandotte Energy
644
 Mirant Corp.
2003
CC
Gas
Dearborn Dearborn Industrial
550
 CMS Generation Co.
2001
CC
Gas
Jackson Jackson KMI
550
 Mirant Corp.
2002
CC
Gas
Not yet located Gratiot County
510
 Dominion Energy Inc.
2004
GT
Gas
Augusta Twp. Augusta Park
340
 El Paso North America
2003
GT
Gas
Sumpter Twp. Sumpter Township
340
 First Energy Corp.
2002
GT
Gas
E. China Twp. East China
320
 DTE Energy Services
2002
GT
Gas
Dowagiac Dowagiac
300
 International Energy Partners LP
2002
GT
Gas
Zeeland Zeeland
298
 Mirant Corp.
2001-2002
GT-CC
Gas
MINNESOTA      
Trimont Lakefield Junction
534
 Great River Energy
2001
GT
Gas
Dexter Pleasant Valley
487
 Great River Energy
2001-2002
GT
Gas
W. Faribault West Faribault Navitas
275
 Northern Alternative Energy
2002
GT
Gas
Burnsville Black Dog
115
 Northern States Power Co.
2002
GTS
Gas
Not yet located S. W. Minnesota
100
 Northern Alternative Energy
2002
W
Wind
Not yet located Buffalo Ridge-3
80
 enXco
2002
W
Wind
Not yet located Murray County
51
 Navitas Energy Inc.
2001
W
Wind
Benson Fibrominn
50
 Fibrowatt LLC
2002
ST
Bmass
MISSISSIPPI      
McComb Pike County
1,000
 LS Power LLC
2003
GT
Gas
Lone Oak Lone Oak
800
 Calpine Corp.
2003
CC
Gas
Caledonia Caledonia Cogentrix
800
 Cogentrix Energy Inc.
2003
CC
Gas
Southaven Southaven Cogentrix
800
 Cogentrix Energy Inc.
2003
CC
Gas
Not yet located Enterprise Dena
640
 Duke Energy North America
2002
GT
Gas
Southaven Southaven Dena
640
 Duke Energy North America
2002
GT
Gas
McAdams Mcadams
600
 Teco Power Services Corp.
2003
CC
Gas
Escawtapa Moss Point
525
 Mississippi Power Co.
2001
CC
Gas
Jackson Hinds
520
 Duke Energy North America
2001
CC
Gas
Kosciusko Attala Energy
520
 PG&E National Energy Group
2001
CC
Gas
Ackerman Red Hills
490
 Tractebel Power Inc.
2001
ST
Coal
Dekalb Dekalb
340
 Tennessee Valley Authority
2002
GT
Gas
Meridian Meridian
340
 Tennessee Valley Authority
2002