Black River Generating Facility
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Black River Electric Generating Facility is a coal-fired power station owned by the investment group Energy Investors Funds Group in Fort Drum, New York.
The plant stopped burning coal in 2013 and was converted to burn biomass.[1]
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Location
The plant is located inside the Fort Drum U.S. Army post near Watertown, New York.
Plant Data
- Owner: ReEnergy Holdings
- Parent Company: Riverstone Holdings
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 55.5 MW (Megawatts)
- Units and In-Service Dates: 55.5 MW (1989)
- Location: Oneida Ave. and 2nd St. West, Fort Drum, NY 13603
- GPS Coordinates: 44.036717, -75.771528
- Electricity Production: 355,836 MWh (2005)
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Ownership
On June 28, 2004, Energy Investors Funds Group announced that its U.S. Power Fund acquired Black River Energy and its assets including Black River Generating Facility in New York.[2]
The plant was purchased by ReEnergy Holdings of Riverstone Holdings LLC in December 2011 and was converted to biomass in 2013.[1]
Emissions Data
- CO2 Emissions:
- SO2 Emissions: 684 tons (2002)
- SO2 Emissions per MWh: 3.84 lb/MWh
- NOx Emissions: 345 tons (2002)
- Mercury Emissions:
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ReEnergy Black River," ReEnergy Black River, accessed Jan 2017
- ↑ "Energy Investors Funds’ US Power Fund, L.P. Acquires Black River Energy, L.P." EIF News, July 19, 2004.
- 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.
- NETL Coal Power Plant Database, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.
- AirData Query Database, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed April 2009.
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