Genoa Generating Station

Genoa Generating Station
Genoa 3 is tallest chimney with La Crosse BWR / Genoa 2 at left by the shorter chimney
Country United States
Location Genoa, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°33′33″N 91°13′55″W / 43.55917°N 91.23194°W / 43.55917; -91.23194Coordinates: 43°33′33″N 91°13′55″W / 43.55917°N 91.23194°W / 43.55917; -91.23194
Status Operational
Commission date Unit 1:1941
Unit 2:1969
Unit 3:1969
Owner(s) Dairyland Power Cooperative
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Western Coal and formerly nuclear
Cooling source Mississippi River
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 379 MW

Genoa Generating Station is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located south of Genoa, Wisconsin in Vernon County.

Genoa 3 uses low sulfur western coal from Utah and the Powder River Basin shipped via rail to the Mississippi River, then to Genoa via barge.

Units

Unit Capacity Commissioning Notes
1 14 MW (originally coal, later fuel oil) 1941 Retired 1985
2 50 MW (nuclear) 1969 Retired 1987, La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (nuclear)
3 379 MW (coal) 1969 Tangentially-fired, pulverized coal-fired wet bottom boiler, rated at 376 net MW

See also

Genoa Station (left)


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