J. Robert Welsh Power Plant
Encyclopedia
J. Robert Welsh Power Plant is a base load, coal
fired, electrical
power station
located southeast of Mount Pleasant, Texas
in Titus County, Texas
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All three units use sub-bituminous coal
mined from the Powder River Basin
shipped via rail. Named after former SWEPCO president J. Robert Welsh.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
fired, electrical
Electric power
Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...
power station
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
located southeast of Mount Pleasant, Texas
Mount Pleasant, Texas
Mount Pleasant is the county seat and largest city of Titus County in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, Mount Pleasant's population was 13,935. It is the county seat of Titus County, and is situated in Northeast Texas. This town, by city ordinance, is dry to sell alcoholic beverages....
in Titus County, Texas
Titus County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 28,118 people, 9,552 households, and 7,154 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile . There were 10,675 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...
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All three units use sub-bituminous coal
Sub-bituminous coal
Sub-bituminous coal is a type of coal whose properties range from those of lignite to those of bituminous coal and are used primarily as fuel for steam-electric power generation.- Properties:...
mined from the Powder River Basin
Powder River Basin
The Powder River Basin is a geologic region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about east to west and north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies about 40 percent of coal in the United States. It is both a topographic drainage and geologic structural basin...
shipped via rail. Named after former SWEPCO president J. Robert Welsh.
| Unit | Nameplate capacity | Commissioning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 558 MW | 1977 | B&W (Babcock and Wilcox Boiler) and Westinghouse turbine/generator |
| 2 | 558 MW | 1980 | B&W (Babcock and Wilcox Boiler) and Westinghouse turbine/generator |
| 3 | 558 MW | 1982 | B&W (Babcock and Wilcox Boiler) and Westinghouse turbine/generator |