Unit at Barkley operating again after stator winding repair

摘要

A 32.5-MW turbine-generator unit at the 130-MW Barkley plant is now operating following repairs to generator stator windings that were damaged by a fire in December 2010. The information presented here was taken from a story written by Fred Tucker, public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The facility is on the Cumberland River in Kentucky and is owned and operated by the Corps. Unit 1 was placed on line in 1966. The repair cost $11.5 million and began in August 2012.