Brunner Island Steam Electric Station
| Brunner Island Steam Electric Station | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Location | East Manchester Township, York County, near York Haven, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°05′44″N 76°41′49″W / 40.09556°N 76.69694°WCoordinates: 40°05′44″N 76°41′49″W / 40.09556°N 76.69694°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date |
Unit 1: June, 1961 Unit 2: October, 1965 Unit 3: June, 1969 |
| Owner(s) | Talen Energy |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
| Cooling source |
Susquehanna River Cooling Tower (since 2009) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 3 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1567 MWe |
Brunner Island Steam Electric Station is a coal-fired electrical generation facility in York County, Pennsylvania. It occupies most of the area of the eponymous island on Susquehanna River. The power plant has three major units, which came online in 1961, 1965, and 1969, with respective generating capacities of 334 MW, 390 MW, and 759 MW (in winter conditions). In addition, three internal combustion generators (2.8 MWe each) were installed in 1967.[1]
Environmental impact
PPL, the owner of the plant, announced in 2005 that it would begin to install scrubbers at the plant and that installation would be complete by 2009. The scrubbers, PPL says, are intended to annually remove 100,000 tons of sulfur.[2] The facility was cited as one of several facilities in the region by a USA Today study of air quality around area schools as a potential source of significant pollutants.[3]
Sulphur dioxide emissions
In 2006, Brunner Island ranked 27th on the list of most-polluting major power station in the US in terms of sulphur dioxide gas emission rate: it discharged 20.49 pounds (9.29 kg) of SO2 for each MWh of electric power produced that year (93,545 tons of SO2 per year in total).[4]
Waste heat
Brunner Island discharges all of its waste heat (about twice its electrical output) into its brand new cooling towers as of 2009.
References
- ↑ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ↑ http://www.pplweb.com/ppl+generation/ppl+brunner+island.htm PPL Brunner Island – York Haven, PA.
- ↑ http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/234587 Crable, Ad. "EPA orders Pa. to test for toxic air near schools" March 4, 2009
- ↑ "Dirty Kilowatts 2007 Report Database". Environmental Integrity Project. Retrieved May 2008.