Edge Moor Power Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Edge Moor Power - Hay Road Power Complex near Wilmington, Delaware consists of four Edge Moor units totaling 720 megawatts (MW) powered by coal, natural gas and #6 fuel oil and eight Hay Road combustion turbine units totaling 1,082 MW powered by natural gas and low sulfur diesel.

The first two units at Edge Moor Power Plant were completed in 1951, and have since been retired. Currently in operation are units 3, 4, 5 and 10. Unit 3 began commercial operation in 1954; Unit 10 in 1963; Unit 4 in 1966; and Unit 5 in 1973.

On April 21, 2010, Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI) sold the generation assets owned by Conectiv Energy to Calpine Corporation. Based in Houston, Texas, Calpine Corporation is a leading electric generation company. Sold for $1.7 billion, the sale consisted of the Conectiv Energy power generation assets for $1.65 billion plus the value of the fuel inventory at closing, which was roughly $50 million. The sale is expected to close June 30, 2010. On July 1, 2010, the Edge Moor, DE and Deepwater, NJ plants will begin burning natural gas exclusively. All coal power will be discontinued.

Plant Data

• Owner: Conectiv Energy
• Parent Company: Pepco Holdings
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 252 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 75 MW (1954), 177 MW (1966)
• Location: 200 Hay Rd., Wilmington, DE 19809
• GPS Coordinates: 39.738611, -75.504167
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 1,964,871 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions:
• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

State	Plant	Owner/ Operator	County	Year	Tons of Coal Waste	Fly Ash Total	Bottom Ash Total
Delaware	Edge Moor	New Castle	Conectiv Energy Supply Inc	2005	74,600	62,900	11,700

State	Facility ID#	Unit	Year	Op. hrs	Months	SO2 Tons	NOx Rate(lb/mmBtu)	NOx Tons	CO2 Tons	Heat Input(mmBtu)
DE	Edge Moor 593	10	2009	2	6		0.25	0.0		366
DE	Edge Moor 593	3	2009	6,541	12	738.9	0.13	212.6	317,033.8	3,095,937
DE	Edge Moor 593	4	2009	3,307	12	1,404.6	0.16	273.7	322,045.0	3,174,808
DE	Edge Moor 593	5	2009	217	12	150.3	0.19	72.8	46,266.8	594,682
DE	Facility Total		2009			'		'	'

State	Facility ID#	Unit	Year	Op. hrs	Months	SO2 Tons	NOx Rate(lb/mmBtu)	NOx Tons	CO2 Tons	Heat Input(mmBtu)
DE	Hay Road 7153	3	2009	1531	12	1.3	0.07	50.0	103,208.7	1,723,618
DE	Hay Road 7153	1	2009	1624	12	1.6	0.08	62.0	109,712.1	1,827,102
DE	Hay Road 7153	2	2009	1610	12	1.6	0.08	65.4	109,417.9	1,822,667
DE	Hay Road 7153	5	2009	1707	12	1.3	0.05	33.5	112,978.6	1,888,399
DE	Hay Road 7153	6	2009	1618	12	1.3	0.05	28.4	108,261.4	1,805,958
DE	Hay Road 7153	7	2009	1531	12	1.3	0.07	50.0	103,208.7	1,723,618
	Facility Total		2009			'		'	'

Articles and Resources

Sources

• 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.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Delaware and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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