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Colver Green Energy power station is an operating power station of at least 118-megawatts (MW) in Colver, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Colver Green Energy power station | Colver, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States | 40.550458, -78.798928 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- ': 40.550458, -78.798928
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| operating | coal: waste coal | 118 | subcritical | 1995 |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Owner | Parent |
|---|---|
| Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners LP [100%] | Generation Holdings LP [100.0%] |
Unit Retirement
In December 2017, operators of the Colver Green Energy power station announced plans to close the waste coal burning plant in September 2020, when its contract to sell electricity to Penelec expires.[1][2]
According to the EIA 860M of March 2020, the Colver plant will shut down in May 2020,[3] although as of June 2020 PJM still had the plant listed for "future deactivations".[4]
In August 2020, it was reported the plant had been temporarily shuttered in May 2020, but then sold to Colver Green Energy LLC, a generation company formed by the owners of Robindale Energy Services and Generation Holdings LP. Colver Green Energy LLC will take over operation of the Colver plant and reopen it in September 2020.[5]
PJM lists the Colver Green Energy power station with a withdrawn deactivation date of July 29, 2020.[4]
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 979,689 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions:
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions:
- 2005 Mercury Emissions:
Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Colver
In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants.[6] Fine particle pollution consists of a complex mixture of soot, heavy metals, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Among these particles, the most dangerous are those less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and pneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal plant emissions. These deaths and illnesses are major examples of coal's external costs, i.e. uncompensated harms inflicted upon the public at large. Low-income and minority populations are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities. To monetize the health impact of fine particle pollution from each coal plant, Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.[7]
Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Colver Power Project
| Type of Impact | Annual Incidence | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 16 | $120,000,000 |
| Heart attacks | 28 | $3,000,000 |
| Asthma attacks | 250 | $13,000 |
| Hospital admissions | 13 | $290,000 |
| Chronic bronchitis | 10 | $4,200,000 |
| Asthma ER visits | 11 | $4,000 |
Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed March 2011
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Colver Waste Coal Plant Set to Retire in 2020," Sierra Club, December 7, 2017
- ↑ "Plants," Northern Star Generation website, accessed June 2020.
- ↑ 860M, U.S. EIA, March 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PJM Generation Deactivations, withdrawn deactivations," PJM.com, accessed August 13, 2020
- ↑ Griffith, Randy (2020-08-05). "Colver power plant sold, to reopen next month". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source," Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.
- ↑ "Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool," Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010
Additional data
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