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By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009
American Municipal Power has awarded a contract for the design and supply of two super critical, coal-fired steam-electric generating power blocks to New Jersey-based Hitachi Power Systems America.
Each high-efficiency power block consists of a pulverized coal boiler powering a steam turbine generator and the associated nitrogen oxide emissions-control equipment.
The units will go into American Municipal Power's new $3.1 billion coal-fired power plant in Meigs County in southern Ohio.
The plant, where construction is to begin late this year or early next year, will produce about 1,000 megawatts of power. It will begin operations in 2014, according to AMP, the Columbus-based wholesale power supplier.
The plant will create 1,600 construction jobs and 165 permanent jobs.
The facility is being funded by 81 communities in Ohio and four other states. These include
Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Wadsworth, Orrville, Seville, Lodi, Brewster and Beach City. They will purchase the electricity from the plant.
The project has been criticized by several environmental groups that say the plant will contribute to global warming. They call its anti-pollution system unproven and less effective.
AMP officials said the project will provide affordable and reliable energy to member communities, and they defended the Powerspan technology that is being used to clean up pollution. The plant, with its ammonia-based scrubbing system, will be the cleanest in Ohio and one of the cleanest in the country, the officials said.
AMP, formerly known as AMP-Ohio, operates a coal-fired plant near Marietta, a hydroelectric project on the Ohio River and a commercial wind farm near Bowling Green.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
American Municipal Power has awarded a contract for the design and supply of two super critical, coal-fired steam-electric generating power blocks to New Jersey-based Hitachi Power Systems America.
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