Coal Switch Helps New York Plants Stay Competitive

摘要

NRG Energy's Dunkirk Generating Station in Dunkirk, N.Y. is a four-unit, 530 MW facility consisting of four coal-fueled units, including two 100 MW units running since 1950 and two 200 MW units that went into service in 1959 and 1960.rnIn nearby Tonawanda, N.Y., NRG's Huntley Generating Station consists of two 200 MW units that began service in 1957 and 1958. Both Huntley units are the same design as Dunkirk units 3 and 4. Net output of the two facilities is slightly less than the original due to a switch from high sulfur Easternrnbituminous coal to lower sulfur Powder River Basin (PRB) coal. All six units are tangentially-fueled with boilers and GE steam turbines.