Lon D. Wright Power Plant
The Lon D. Wright Power Plant is a 130 MW[1] (megawatt) coal-fired power plant owned and operated by the City of Fremont Department of Utilities located in Fremont, Nebraska. The plant consists of 3 units labeled 6, 7, and 8 as a continuation of five units that were previously housed in the downtown facility.
Unit 6[edit]
Unit 6 is a 17 MW coal-fired Babcock & Wilcox water tube boiler with a General Electric turbine and generator that entered commercial service in 1957. The unit can also be run on natural gas.
Unit 7[edit]
Unit 7 is a 22 MW Babcock & Wilcox water tube boiler with a General Electric turbine and generator that entered commercial service in 1963. The unit can also be run on natural gas.
Unit 8[edit]
Unit 8 is a 92 MW Babcock & Wilcox water tube boiler with a General Electric turbine and generator that entered commercial service in 1977. The unit can also be run on natural gas.
Air Quality Control System (AQCS)[edit]
In July 2013, the Fremont City council awarded a $46.758 million[2] bid to Fagen Inc. to add emission control equipment to Unit 8 to meet the EPA's Clean Air standards. The project was completed and commissioned in late 2015.
References[edit]
- ^ "Lon Wright Power Plant - SourceWatch". www.sourcewatch.org. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ Tribune, Chris Zavadil/Fremont. "City approves $46.75 million contract for power plant upgrades". Fremont Tribune. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
