Alma Generating Station

Alma Station
Alma Station (forefront)
Country United States
Location Alma, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°18′30″N 91°54′39″W / 44.30833°N 91.91083°W / 44.30833; -91.91083Coordinates: 44°18′30″N 91°54′39″W / 44.30833°N 91.91083°W / 44.30833; -91.91083
Status Decommissioned
Commission date 1947
Decommission date Units 1–3: December 31, 2011
Units 4–5: Fall 2014
Owner(s) Dairyland Power Cooperative
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Western Coal from Utah or Wyoming
Type Steam turbine
Cooling source Mississippi River
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 214 MW[1]
Website
Alma Station

Alma Station[2] was a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located in Alma, Wisconsin in Buffalo County. Owned by Dairyland Power Cooperative, the Alma Station and John P. Madgett Station are part of its Alma site. On October 1, 2018, at approximately 8:05 AM Central Time, a controlled implosion demolished the former station's 700-foot smokestack[3].

Units

Unit Capacity (MW) Commissioning Notes
1 15 (nameplate)
18.9 (summer)
20.6 (winter) [4]		 1947 [4] 338.8 mmBTU/hr (99.3 MW thermal) pulverized coal wall-fired dry bottom boiler
2 15 (nameplate)
18.7 (summer)
20.4 (winter) [4]		 1947 [4] 338.8 mmBTU/hr (99.3 MW thermal) pulverized coal wall-fired dry bottom boiler
3 15 (nameplate)
19.4 (summer)
21.1 (winter) [4]		 1951 [4] 340.0 mmBTU/hr (99.6 MW thermal) pulverized coal wall-fired dry bottom boiler
4 54.4 (nameplate)
60.9 (summer)
55.9 (winter) [4]		 1957 [4] 633.3 mmBTU/hr (185.6 MW thermal) pulverized coal wall-fired dry bottom boiler
5 81.6 (nameplate)
79.2 (summer)
85.2 (winter) [4]		 1960 [4] 939.8 mmBTU/hr (275.4 MW thermal) pulverized coal wall-fired dry bottom boiler

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alma Site brochure" (PDF). Dairyland Power Cooperative. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Alma Station". Dairyland Power Cooperative. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Scratch one smokestack from the banks of the Mississippi". Minnesota Public Radio. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Electricity Generating Capacity: Existing Electric Generating Units by Energy Source, 2008". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.


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