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Meramec Plant

 


Location

South St. Louis County on the Mississippi River on 420 acres.

 


History

Began operation in 1953 as the company's first unit-controlled power plant.

Operation
Coal comes into the plant via belt from coal barges and/or the storage coal pile and travels to the boiler. The boiler heats water to create steam that flows into a turbine. The turbine turns a shaft. On the end of the shaft is a magnet that revolves inside a coil to create electricity.

Fuel Type
At full load, the boilers can burn 380 tons of coal per hour. In the 1960s and 70s, the plant burned trash for power before UE's trash-to-energy plant was abandoned.

 

   
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