International Paper Savannah Mill

From Global Energy Monitor

International Paper Savannah Mill is an operating power station of at least 154-megawatts (MW) in Savannah, Georgia, United States with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
International Paper Savannah Mill Savannah, Georgia, United States 32.102123, -81.126383 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 9: 32.102123, -81.126383
  • Unit 9: 32.10035, -81.12425
  • Unit GE10: 32.1004, -81.1242

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 10 retired coal - bituminous, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) 82.8 subcritical 1998 2009
Unit 9 retired coal - bituminous, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) 71.2 subcritical 1981 2015
Unit 9 operating[1] gas[1] 71[1] steam turbine[1] yes[2] 2015[3][4]
Unit GE10 operating[5] bioenergy - paper mill wastes, fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - unknown[5] 83[5] 1998[5]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent Operator
Unit 10 International Paper Co [100.0%]
Unit 9 International Paper Co [100.0%]
Unit 9 International Paper Co[6] International Paper Company [100.0%]
Unit GE10 International Paper CO[5] International Paper CO[5]

Unit-level fuel conversion details:

Unit 10: Converted from coal - bituminous, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) to bioenergy - paper mill wastes, fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - unknown in 2007.

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): pulp & paper
  • Captive industry: Power

Ending Use of Coal

Unit 10 of the plant was originally constructed as a coal-burning unit but switched to primarily burning biomass in 2007, but continued to co-fire coal until 2015. Unit 9 switched from coal to natural gas between 2014 and 2015. Fuel switch information is based on the EIA860 and EIA923 databases, not clear on the exact moment of switching, last coal delivery was in 2015.[7][8]

Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,044,578 tons
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions:
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
  • 2006 NOx Emissions:
  • 2005 Mercury Emissions:

Legislative issues

House Bill 276, proposed by Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur), would put a 5-year moratorium on building new coal plants and eliminate the burning of Appalachian coal mined by mountaintop removal by mid-2016. The Appalachian Mountain Preservation Act would gradually prohibit Georgia coal consumers from using Central Appalachian mountaintop removal beginning in 2011. The bill is backed by environmental groups including Appalachian Voices but received strong opposition from POWER4Georgians, a coalition of 10 electric co-operatives seeking to build a $2 billion 850-megawatt supercritical coal plant in Washington County.[9][10]

Citizen groups

Focus the Nation: Valdosta State University

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (May 2023)". Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (November 2019)". Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  3. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2014". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2015". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory". US Energy Information Administration. 44655. Archived from the original on 44655. Retrieved 44655. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date=, |date=, and |archive-date= (help)
  6. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2018". Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  7. "EIA 860 generator database" eis.gov, accessed June 2020
  8. "EIA 923 2015" EIA 923 2015.
  9. "Georgia bill proposes moratorium on new coal plants," Reuters, February 4, 2009.
  10. Margaret Newkirk, "Bill would restrict coal power plants," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 4, 2009.

Additional data

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