Pleasant Prairie Power Plant was a 1.2-gigawatt (1,210 MW) coal power plant located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin in Kenosha County. In 2009, it was listed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) as the largest generating station in Wisconsin and generates roughly 13% of Wisconsin's electricity, burning around 13,000 tons of coal daily.
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BackgroundEdit
The 30-year-old power plant has developed and applied a retrofit system that has helped reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) by up to 90% and sulfur dioxide (SO
Pleasant Prairie receives its coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Most of it is sourced from the Cordero Rojo Mine.
On November 28, 2017, WEC Energy Group announced that it would be closing the plant in 2018, pending permission from Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). WEC cited market forces such as cheaper natural gas and renewables for the plant's closure. Pleasant Prairie shut down on April 3, 2018.
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See alsoEdit
- List of power stations in Wisconsin
- Coal pollution mitigation
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Pleasant Prairie Power Plant (P4)
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