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.

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Background

The coal-fired units of the Charles R. Lowman Power Plant retired in 2020. 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.

Project Details

• Owner: PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
• Parent: PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
• Location: Carson Road, Leroy, AL 36548
• Coordinates: 31.488167, -87.910477
• Gross generating capacity (construction): 727 MW
  • Unit CC_set: natural gas combined cycle 727 MW (start-up in 2023)
• Gross generating capacity (retired): 538.0 MW
  • Unit 1: coal, 66 MW (start-up in 1969, retired in 2020)
  • Unit 2: coal, 236 MW (start-up in 1978, retired in 2020)
  • Unit 3: coal, 236 MW (start-up in 1980, retired in 2020)
• Technology: Subcritical
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source: Calvert City Terminal (Alliance Energy)
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements: Coal-fired units were retired in October 2020.

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 4,730,394 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 17,878 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 10,881 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 188 lb.

Coal Waste Site

• Charles R. Lowman Power Plant FGD

Citizen Groups

See also Alabama and coal

• Black Warrior Riverkeeper
• GASP (formerly Alabama First)

Articles and Resources

Sources

• 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