Rawhide Coal Firing Plant

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Rawhide Coal Firing Plant

• The facts about the environment and the plants
  stance

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The coal firing plants

• The primary emissions from this plant are Sulfur
  Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), and ash.
• We employ the use of state-of-the-art scrubbers
  which reduce the Sulfur Dioxide.
• We also use fire-box enhancements to reduce the
  level of Nitrogen Oxides omitted.

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Our environmental commitment

• We voluntarily offered to reduce our already
  record low pollutants for the Colorado Air
  Pollution Control Division
• Our emissions are already lower than permitted by
  the state.

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Capacity

• We have a rating of 270MW
• In 2002 our capacity load was at 86.2
• In 2002, Rawhide unit one generated 2,039,920 MWh
  of energy

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Resources
 
  Total Current Capacity 690 MW (summer), 790 MW
(winter)
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Locations serviced by Rawhide

• Fort Collins
• Estes Park
• Loveland
• Longmont

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Location of Resources

• Our coal is quarried from the Platte River Valley
  and therefore supports the local economy
• Trainloads of coal come in every other day
• Wind turbines are located in Kansas

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Consumption of Resources

• Rawhide Coal Firing Plants use 1,184,800 tons of
  coal a year on average

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Peak times of consumption

• The summer is the time of most demand because of
  the need for air conditioning
• From the hours of 3 p.m. and 7 p.m are the most
  demanding hours

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Bibliography

• Anonymous Rawhide Employee. Letter to the author,
  April 28, 2003.
• Electricity An economic mix of power sources.
  Switch on America. Http//www.switchonamerica.com
• Grossman, Daniel International Proposals for
  Nuclear Waste Sites. Living on Earth.
  Http//www.livingonearth.org