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Edgewater Generating Station

{{Short description|Coal power plant in Sheboygan, Wisconsin}}

{{Infobox power station

| name = Edgewater Generating Station

| image = Edgewater Power Plant Sheboygan Wisconsin.jpg

| country = United States

| location = Sheboygan, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|43|42|56|N|87|42|23|W|region:US-WI_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| owner = Alliant Energy (majority)
WEC Energy Group (minority)

| status = O

| th_fuel_primary = Coal

| ps_cooling_source = Lake Michigan

| th_technology = Steam turbine

| ps_combined_cycle =

| ps_electrical_capacity = 380

| ps_electrical_cap_fac = 69.41% (2021)

| ps_annual_generation = 2311 (2021)

| commissioned = Unit 1: 1931
Unit 2: 1941
Unit 3: 1951
Unit 4: 1969
Unit 5: 1985

| decommissioned = Unit 3: 2015
Unit 4: 2018

}}

Edgewater Generating Station is a 380 megawatt (MW) coal power plant located on the south side of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Michigan, whose waters are used to provide cooling. It provides electricity for customers in the northeastern part of Alliant Energy's Wisconsin Power & Light service area and service to several local municipal utilities. In 2009, it was the seventh largest generating station in Wisconsin, with a net summer capacity of 767 MW.{{cite web | url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/wisconsin.pdf | title = Wisconsin - Ten Largest Plants by Generating Capacity, 2009 | year = 2009 | publisher = U.S. Energy Information Administration | accessdate = 15 May 2011}}

Units

class="sortable wikitable"
Unit

! Capacity (MW)

! Commissioning{{cite news | title = Water Supply Aids Power Operations | work = Sheboygan Press, The | location = Sheboygan, Wisconsin | date = October 29, 1957 | page = 47}}

! Notes

1

| 30

| 1931

| Retired{{cite web

| title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2008

| publisher = Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

| year = 2008

| url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html

| format = Excel

| accessdate = 15 May 2011}}

2

| 30

| 1941

| Retired

3

| {{nowrap| 60 (nameplate)
70.8 (summer)
71.7 (winter) }}

| 1951

| Retired{{cite news|url=http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2016/06/22/new-tech-means-cleaner-air-power-plant/86249172/|title=New tech means cleaner air from power plant|last=Bock|first=Phillip|work=Sheboygan Press Media|date=June 22, 2016|accessdate=July 31, 2017}} Cyclone Boiler

{{convert|844|e6Btu/h|MW|abbr=out|lk=on}}

4

| {{nowrap| 330 (nameplate)
320.4 (summer)
320.7 (winter) }}

| 1969

| Retired{{cite news|url=https://dailyreporter.com/2018/10/01/utility-closes-coal-facility-amid-transition-to-natural-gas/|title=Utility closes coal plant amid transition to natural gas|work=Associated Press|publisher=The Daily Reporter|date=October 1, 2018|accessdate=October 2, 2018}} Cyclone Boiler
{{convert|3529|e6Btu/h|MW|abbr=out}}

5

| {{nowrap| 380 (nameplate)
413.6 (summer)
414.3 (winter) }}

| 1985

| Pulverized Dry Bottom Boiler
{{convert|4366|e6Btu/h|MW|abbr=out}}

File:Edgewater Generating Station construction 2016.jpg

In 1952 one of the units was upgraded with a Babcock & Wilcox cyclone boiler. At the time, the facility was using a 50/50 mix of Illinois and West Virginia coal. The West Virginia coal was shipped via lake freighter from Lorain, Ohio.{{cite news | title = Generating Unit Consumes 27 Tons Of Coal An Hour | work = Sheboygan Press, The | location = Sheboygan, Wisconsin | date = April 29, 1952 | page = 39}}

At present, coal is delivered to the plant entirely by railroad, originating primarily from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, via a Union Pacific spur line that was originally the main line of the Milwaukee Northern interurban railway.

Unit 3 and 4 share the same chimney.

Unit 3 turbine and generator were manufactured by Allis-Chalmers. Unit 4 was manufactured by General Electric, with an Alterrex excitation system. Unit 5 was also manufactured by General Electric, with a Generrex excitation system.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Retirement and decommissioning

Unit 3 was retired at the end of 2015 due to its age and efficiency. Unit 4 was retired in 2018 as Alliant Energy worked to reduce 80 percent of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Unit 4's electricity generation would be replaced by Riverside Energy Center in the Town of Beloit, which uses natural gas.

On May 22, 2020, Alliant Energy announced that the plant would be decommissioned by the end of 2022, and the property would be redeveloped for another use; Unit 5's generating capacity has also been replaced by a further expansion of Riverside.{{cite news|url= https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/alliant-to-shutter-sheboygan-coal-plant-early-closure-expected-to-benefit-ratepayers-environment/article_20e7df75-e4a6-5638-8a71-553ba39ab456.html |title=Alliant to shutter Sheboygan coal plant; early closure expected to benefit ratepayers, environment|last=Hubbuch|first=Chris |date=21 May 2020|work=Wisconsin State Journal|accessdate=22 May 2020}} On June 23, 2022, Alliant announced that Edgewater's decommissioning date would be delayed until June 2025, due to the ongoing supply chain issues and to hedge against an energy shortage in upcoming years, with Edgewater mainly being in service during peak periods.{{cite news|url= https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/money/business/2022/06/23/wisconsin-coal-plants-in-oak-creek-sheboygan-portage-stay-open-longer-due-energy-supply-fears/7705049001/ |title=We Energies and Alliant Energy coal plants in Wisconsin to stay open longer due to energy supply fears|last=Hess|first=Corrinne |date=23 June 2022|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=24 June 2022}} The utility also plans a 99 MW battery by 2024.{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Cameron |title=Alliant Energy plans 400MWh BESS at retiring Wisconsin coal plant |url=https://www.energy-storage.news/utility-alliant-energy-plans-c-400mwh-bess-at-retiring-coal-plant-in-wisconsin/ |website=Energy Storage News |date=2 February 2023}}

Electricity generation

In 2021, Edgewater generated 2,311 GWh, approximately 3.7% of the total electric power generated in Wisconsin (62,584 GWh){{Cite web |title=Electricity Data Browser |url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtt9&geo=g0001&sec=008&freq=A&start=2001&end=2021&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&rtype=s&pin=&rse=0&maptype=0 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.eia.gov}} for that year. The plant had a 2021 annual capacity factor of 69.41%.

class="wikitable"

|+Electrical Generation (MW-h) of Edgewater Generation Station{{Cite web |title=Electricity Data Browser |url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/4050?freq=M&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&columnchart=ELEC.PLANT.GEN.4050-ALL-ALL.M&linechart=ELEC.PLANT.GEN.4050-ALL-ALL.M&maptype=0&pin= |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.eia.gov}}

!Year

!Jan

!Feb

!Mar

!Apr

!May

!Jun

!Jul

!Aug

!Sep

!Oct

!Nov

!Dec

!Annual (Total)

2001

|421,123

|444,173

|446,782

|261,305

|290,120

|404,445

|432,472

|488,116

|349,327

|449,850

|422,409

|434,451

!4,844,573

2002

|453,762

|399,382

|273,143

|306,503

|389,155

|419,313

|490,968

|429,073

|407,380

|408,755

|390,591

|418,889

!4,786,914

2003

|298,900

|456,077

|299,103

|455,488

|439,803

|396,437

|466,353

|473,587

|353,381

|399,188

|436,408

|419,095

!4,893,820

2004

|462,658

|251,202

|269,249

|343,218

|411,550

|436,325

|479,183

|445,972

|419,681

|442,563

|377,296

|420,811

!4,759,708

2005

|468,022

|392,173

|383,075

|396,735

|346,578

|398,064

|288,539

|318,025

|307,563

|287,223

|327,345

|381,344

!4,294,686

2006

|264,155

|296,154

|370,761

|366,110

|439,882

|399,024

|466,530

|413,755

|395,309

|239,629

|255,995

|373,906

!4,281,210

2007

|468,131

|452,671

|462,173

|364,453

|224,700

|335,228

|403,344

|428,599

|362,483

|436,604

|408,099

|399,996

!4,746,481

2008

|422,307

|396,314

|442,794

|262,068

|392,238

|373,217

|425,015

|418,498

|366,491

|314,885

|391,390

|412,731

!4,617,948

2009

|450,697

|332,405

|290,450

|251,222

|245,074

|344,625

|332,379

|377,838

|322,644

|404,683

|322,968

|413,297

!4,088,282

2010

|380,309

|394,406

|378,866

|248,360

|409,800

|400,273

|435,301

|446,457

|335,137

|285,028

|229,764

|370,602

!4,314,303

2011

|471,011

|418,396

|448,811

|302,188

|416,251

|375,186

|463,703

|415,892

|283,651

|263,322

|206,532

|287,278

!4,352,221

2012

|299,981

|317,445

|329,228

|154,216

|210,855

|277,757

|431,796

|379,885

|225,366

|189,953

|409,706

|371,978

!3,598,166

2013

|347,716

|246,618

|452,454

|461,179

|402,119

|334,988

|409,965

|327,280

|326,578

|315,452

|273,330

|388,779

!4,286,458

2014

|473,681

|429,938

|308,447

|279,513

|420,498

|306,300

|288,260

|358,408

|295,287

|166,454

|130,588

|375,306

!3,832,680

2015

|348,636

|345,026

|350,291

|219,023

|273,780

|403,928

|431,148

|415,972

|379,936

|292,263

|223,580

|213,070

!3,896,653

2016

|338,132

|267,699

|209,270

|139,597

|89,497

|237,499

|402,795

|405,067

|393,203

|306,100

|260,727

|405,555

!3,455,141

2017

|377,088

|258,211

|390,717

|363,260

|255,978

|297,976

|357,816

|308,822

|289,053

|190,570

|331,404

|370,470

!3,791,365

2018

|423,054

|277,386

|146,403

|163,447

|341,841

|326,402

|363,800

|381,631

|298,854

|200,432

|258,936

|104,872

!3,287,058

2019

|140,467

|168,126

|210,449

|145,382

|125,299

|103,080

|174,504

|123,913

|116,911

|37,063

|81,928

|0

!1,427,122

2020

|146,803

|120,837

|-2,701

|16,514

|30,030

|76,862

|146,823

|168,253

|137,064

|23,534

|30,725

|203,681

!1,098,425

2021

|192,029

|197,050

|180,292

|181,104

|233,594

|247,443

|276,939

|258,081

|164,304

|136,895

|183,162

|59,655

!2,310,548

2022

|219,316

|243,263

|239,971

|145,335

|109,838

|119,621

|231,759

|188,331

|157,779

|27,466

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!1,682,679

2023

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See also

{{Portal|Energy}}

References

{{Commons category|Edgewater Generating Station}}

{{reflist}}

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1931

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1941

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1951

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1969

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1985

Category:Buildings and structures in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Category:Coal-fired power stations in Wisconsin

Category:Alliant Energy