Genoa Generating Station
Genoa Generating Station | |
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![]() Genoa 3 is tallest chimney with La Crosse BWR / Genoa 2 at left by the shorter chimney | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Genoa, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 43°33′33″N 91°13′55″W / 43.55917°N 91.23194°WCoordinates: 43°33′33″N 91°13′55″W / 43.55917°N 91.23194°W |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | Unit 1:1941 Unit 2:1969 Unit 3:1969 |
Decommission date | 2021 |
Owner(s) | Dairyland Power Cooperative |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Western Coal and formerly nuclear |
Cooling source | Mississippi River |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 379 MW |
Genoa Generating Station was a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located south of Genoa, Wisconsin in Vernon County. Genoa 3 used low sulfur western coal from Utah and the Powder River Basin shipped via rail to the Mississippi River, then to Genoa via barge.
The plant used the last of its coal supply in April 2021 and officially closed on June 1, 2021.[1][2][3]
Units[]
Unit | Capacity | Commissioning | Notes |
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1 | 14 MW (originally coal, later fuel oil) | 1941 | Retired 1985 |
2 | 50 MW (nuclear) | 1969 | Retired 1987, La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (nuclear) |
3 | 379 MW (coal) | 1969 | Retired 2021 (Tangentially-fired, pulverized coal-fired wet bottom boiler, rated at 376 net MW) |
See also[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/DairylandPowerCooperativeWIS35.jpg/220px-DairylandPowerCooperativeWIS35.jpg)
Genoa Station (left)
References[]
- ^ Kyhn, Rylie. "Dairyland Power retrains employees for other positions after Genoa plant closed". WXOW. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Tribune, Kyle Farris La Crosse. "Dairyland to close coal-fired Genoa plant; 80 workers to lose jobs". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ White, Greg. "Genoa Power Station #3 uses end of coal supply". WKBT-TV. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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Categories:
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1941
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1969
- Buildings and structures in Vernon County, Wisconsin
- Coal-fired power stations in Wisconsin
- United States power station stubs