Cape Fear Plant

USA / North Carolina / Broadway /
 power plant, coal-fired
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This was Progress Energy's first coal-fired electric plant. It has two coal-fired units, 4 oil-fired units and 2 combined-cycle units can generate 400,000 kilowatts - enough to power 300,000+ homes.
www.progress-energy.com
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Energy_Inc
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Coordinates:   35°35'26"N   79°2'40"W

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  • Anyone know what they do at this "plant" I've searched and can't find anything on them.
  • This is a Progress Energy coal-fired power plant. I toured it once. It is the oldest coal-fired power plant still in operation in the state. Of the 8 generation units on-site, the two coal units are 180MW and 140MW in capacity, and were built in 1956 and 1958, respectively. Cape Fear plant serves in baseload capacity. Progress has announced a project to test wood biomass cofiring at this plant. In collaboration with NCSU, they will burn wood-waste that has been "torrefied" or heated to drive-off the moisture. Torrified wood looks like charcoal but contains more volatile organic compounds than charcoal, thus has higher energy content, but is lighter-weight than wood chips. This makes the material less-expensive to transport over distances. Progress is interested in torrified wood because the material is expected to perform just like coal in their fuel-handling systems, especially in their coal-pulverizers.
  • P.S. Torrified wood biomass is considered a renewable resource because it comes from logging residues, sawdust, bark, etc. When new trees are grown to replace the harvested trees, the carbon cycle is closed. Thus it is also climate-friendly.
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