Morgantown Energy Facility (WV)

Morgantown Energy Facility is a 68.9-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station operated by Excalibur Power in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Location

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Plant Data

• Owner: Excalibur Power
• Parent Company: Starwood Energy Group
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 68.9 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 1: 68.9 MW (1991)
• Location: 555 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, WV 26505 (about 1/4 mile NW of WVU campus)
• GPS Coordinates: 39.639998, -79.961394
• Technology: Subcritical Fluidized Bed Technology
• Coal type: Waste Coal
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source: Humphrey #7 mine (LP Mineralls LLC)
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements:: The plant will switch to natural gas in 2020.

West Virginia University

The plant supplies steam to West Virginia University, and supplies electricity to the university and other customers. The plant was built in 1991, and runs on "gob" (waste) coal.

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 652,572 tons (2006)
• SO₂ Emissions: 850 tons (2002)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh: 4.02 lb/MWh
• NO_x Emissions: 932 tons (2002)
• Mercury Emissions:

Articles and Resources

External Resources

• 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.
• NETL Coal Power Plant Database, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.
• AirData Query Database, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed April 2009.

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• United States and coal
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