The Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project: An investment in the future
- PSI Energy, Inc., Plainfield, IN (United States)
- Destec Energy, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
The Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project (the Project) is a joint venture of Destec Energy, Inc. (Destec) of Houston, Texas, and PSI Energy, Inc. (PSI) of Plainfield, Indiana. The goal is to develop, design, construct, own and operate a commercial coal gasification combined cycle (CGCC) power plant at PSI`s Wabash River Generating Station in West Terre Haute, Indiana. PSI will be responsible for the new power generation facilities and modification of the existing unit, while Destec will own and operate the coal gasification plant. With this Project, Destec and PSI are participating in the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE) Clean Coal Technology Program to demonstrate the coal gasification repowering of an existing generating unit affected by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). The Project will repower one of the six units at PSI`s Wabash River Generating Station. The CGCC power plant will produce a nominal 262 (net) megawatt (MW) of clean, energy-efficient capacity for PSI`s customers. The Project will use locally-mined (Illinois Basin) high-sulfur coal and out-perform Phase II requirements of the CAAA. The net plant heat rate will be approximately 9,000 Btu/kWh (HHV) and SO{sub 2} emissions are expected to be less than 0.02 lbs/MMBtu of fuel. Upon start up in 1995, the Project will be the largest operating, single-train coal gasification combined cycle plant in the United States. The operation, cost and efficiency, design, and environmental benefits of the plant are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 75434
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9409336-; TRN: 95:004725-0003
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 annual meeting of the Illinois Mining Institute, Collinsville, IL (United States), 22-23 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the Illinois Mining Institute; PB: 324 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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