Charles R. Lowman Power Plant
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Charles R. Lowman Power Plant, also known as Lowman Energy Center, is a 727-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power station under construction near Leroy, Alabama.
Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the site of the now retired coal plant on Carson Road in Leroy, Alabama.
Background
The coal-fired units of the Charles R. Lowman Power Plant retired in 2020.[1][2] The gas-fired combined cycle set, with generator IDs LEC1 and LEC2, is under construction. As of October 2022, the combined cycle set was more than 50% complete.[3]
Project Details
- Owner: PowerSouth Energy Cooperative[3]
- Parent: PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
- Location: Carson Road, Leroy, AL 36548
- Coordinates: 31.488167, -87.910477
- Gross generating capacity (construction): 727 MW
- Gross generating capacity (retired): 538.0 MW
- Technology: Subcritical
- Coal type: Bituminous
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source: Calvert City Terminal (Alliance Energy)[4]
- Number of Employees:
- Unit Retirements: Coal-fired units were retired in October 2020.[2][1]
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 4,730,394 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions: 17,878 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions: 10,881 tons
- 2005 Mercury Emissions: 188 lb.
Coal Waste Site
Citizen Groups
See also Alabama and coal
- Black Warrior Riverkeeper
- GASP (formerly Alabama First)
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory," eia.gov, October 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Coal-fired power plants in Leroy to shutdown in 2020," WKRG, Oct 19, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ↑ "EIA 923 March 2020" EIA 923 2020.
- Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
- Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.
Related GEM.wiki articles
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- Alabama and coal
- PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
- United States and coal
- Global warming