Hatfield's Ferry Power Station

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Hatfield's Ferry Power Station
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Hatfield's Ferry Power Station in 1978
CountryUnited States
LocationGreene County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°51′20″N 79°55′39″W / 39.85556°N 79.92750°W / 39.85556; -79.92750
StatusDecommissioned
Commission date1969
Decommission dateUnits 1–3: October 9, 2013
Owner(s)FirstEnergy
Operator(s)FirstEnergy
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Cooling sourceMonongahela River
Power generation
Nameplate capacity1,700 MW
External links
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Hatfield's Ferry Power Station was a 1.7-gigawatt (1,700 MW), coal power plant located in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The plant was operated by FirstEnergy. It began operations in 1969 and was shut down in 2013.

History[]

Hatfield's Ferry began generation in 1969 under the operations of Allegheny Energy.[1] FirstEnergy assumed operations of Hatfield's Ferry following its merger with Allegheny Energy in 2010.[2]

Environmental mitigation[]

In the mid-1990s, Allegheny Energy installed a control system which reduced the plant's nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions. In 2001, Hatfield's Ferry added a natural gas reburn system.[1] In that same year, Allegheny Energy introduced a passive treatment system where groundwater from the fly ash landfill is treated with wetlands.[3] Allegheny Energy commissioned a flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) system, designed by Babcock & Wilcox, to be installed at Hatfield's Ferry in 2006.[4][5] The equipment, which cost $700 million to install, removed 95% of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and lowered mercury emissions at the plant when it was activated in 2009.[1]

Closure and future plans[]

On July 9, 2013, FirstEnergy announced they would be shutting down Hatfield's Ferry by October 9. The company decided against investing $245 million to retrofit Hatfield's Ferry in order to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).[1] In April 2017, FirstEnergy announced plans to sell part of the power plant site to APV Renaissance Partners Opco, a subsidiary of American Power Ventures LLC.[6] In 2018 APV Renaissance received the final environmental permit required to break ground on a new 1,000-megawatt natural gas power plant on the site of the former coal pile.[7] Completion of the project is expected by mid-2022.[8][9]

Further reading[]

See also[]

  • List of power stations in Pennsylvania

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Ferris, Steve (July 9, 2013). "FirstEnergy closing Hatfield's Ferry Power Station". Herald-Standard. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Allegheny Energy, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Feb 11, 2010" (PDF). secdatabase.com. February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Storey, Jerry (April 22, 2001). "Hatfield's Ferry installs wetland treatment facility". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Allegheny Energy to install scrubbers at Hatfield's Ferry Power Station". Power Engineering. July 13, 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hatfield's Ferry Station Units 1, 2 and 3". Babcock & Wilcox. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Moore, Daniel (April 5, 2017). "FirstEnergy sells part of former Hatfield power plant to gas developer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Niedbala, Bob. "Company receives final permit for natural gas power plant at Hatfield's Ferry". Observer-Reporter, Washington PA. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ Tony, Mike (March 20, 2019). "Groundwater pollutants at former Hatfield's Ferry Power Station cited in environmental report". Herald-Standard, Uniontown PA. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ^ "1,000 MW Project". American Power Ventures/APV LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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