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TES Filer City Station is an operating power station of at least 70-megawatts (MW) in Filer City, Michigan, United States with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| TES Filer City Station | Filer City, Michigan, United States | 44.217, -86.2906 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit Repowering: 44.217, -86.2906
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating | coal - bituminous, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) | 70 | subcritical | 1990 | 2025 (planned) |
| Unit Repowering | cancelled | coal - unknown | 180 | integrated gasification combined cycle | – | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | CMS Generation Filer City Inc [50.0%], Western Michigan Cogeneration LP [44.0%], other unknown/mixed entity types [6.0%] |
| Unit Repowering | Tondu Corp [100.0%] |
Background
The TES Filer City Station uses a variated mix of fuels but is listed as a primarily coal fired. It also uses petroleum coke, wood waste biomass and tire-derived fuels. The generated power is sold to Consumers Energy trough a 35 year PPA agreement. It also produces 50.000 pounds of process steam per hour that is sold to the adjacent paper mill owned by the packaging corporation of america.[1]
Coal source
As of July 2020, the power station burned coal from Gibson Mine (Alliance coal), Mine no 4 (Alliance coal), and Delbarton Prep Plant (CM Energy).[2]
Conversion and retirement plans
In 2017 michiganradio.org published an article that Consumers Energy wanted to convert the power plant from coal to natural gas and expand the plant to double it's current capacity.[3]
In a 2018 article S&P Global wrote that the Michigan Public Service Commission issued an order allowing Consumers Energy to convert the plant to natural gas but it still needs regional and federal approvals before it can proceed.[4]
In its 2018 annual report, Consumers Energy stated that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not agree for the plant to operate as a Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) facility after the conversion. As a result of this ruling, the conversion to natural gas was canceled and the plant will keep using coal until the current power purchase agreements ends in 2025.[5]
As of October 2021, the power station was reported as one of the least efficient US coal plants without a firm retirement date.[6] As of May 2023, the power station was slated to retire in June 2025.[7]
Emissions Data
- CO2 Emissions: 629,166 tons (2006)
- SO2 Emissions: 483 tons (2002)
- SO2 Emissions per MWh: 2.15 lb/MWh
- NOx Emissions: 1,119 tons (2002)
- Mercury Emissions:
TES Filer City Station repowering
In 2004, Houston-based Tondu Corporation planned a coal facility in the small port City of Manistee,[8] which was turned back by significant citizen opposition,[9] who argued the project would kill off the region's tourist economy.[10]
In 2007, Tondu Corporation announced it was investigating converting the 70 MW subcritical coal-fired TES Filer City Station to a 180 MW IGCC coal plant, a project it estimated would cost between $200 million and $300 million. Tondu said the proposed conversion would more than double the power output of the plant, while also cutting emission levels by 50 percent. At the time, the company had not filed any permit applications.[11][12]
In September 2010, the Sierra Club concluded that the project had been abandoned.[13]
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Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "The Filer City Project" tonducorp.com, accessed October 25, 2020
- ↑ "EIA 923 July 2020" EIA 923 July 2020.
- ↑ "Consumers wants to convert coal plant in Manistee as part of plan to replace Palisades power," michiganradio.org, January 21, 2017
- ↑ "Mich. agency approves CMS Energy's planned conversion of 60-MW coal plant to gas," spglobal.com, February 6, 2020
- ↑ "CMS energy annual report 2018, page 87," cmsenergy.com, accessed October 25, 2020
- ↑ "Coal use up at some plants with high heat rates," Argus Media, October 1, 2021
- ↑ "Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860)". U.S. Energy Information Administration.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Tondu Pushes Clean Coal, Michigan Land Use Institute, Stephanie Rudolph, August 15, 2004.
- ↑ Coal Burning Plant Fires up Hot Dispute in Manistee, Michigan Land Use Institute, Jim Dulzo, February 15, 2004.
- ↑ Tondu Plan Unplugged, Lou Blouin, Sweetwater Alliance, April 16, 2004.
- ↑ "Tondu looks at 'gasification'," Traverse City Record-Eagle, October 28, 2007.
- ↑ "Stopping the Coal Rush," Sierra Club, accessed May 2009. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- ↑ "Stopping the Coal Rush," Sierra Club, accessed September 2010. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
Additional data
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