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J. Robert Welsh Power Plant

Coordinates: 33°03′18″N 94°50′20″W / 33.055°N 94.839°W / 33.055; -94.839
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J. Robert Welsh Power Plant
J. Robert Welsh Power Plant
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CountryUnited States
LocationTitus County, Texas
Coordinates33°03′18″N 94°50′20″W / 33.055°N 94.839°W / 33.055; -94.839
StatusActive
OwnerSWEPCO/AEP
Thermal power station
Primary fuelPowder River Basin sub-bituminous coal
Power generation
Units operational3
Nameplate capacity1,674 MW
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J. Robert Welsh Power Plant is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located southeast of Mount Pleasant, Texas in Titus County, Texas.

All three units use sub-bituminous coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via rail. Named after former SWEPCO president J. Robert Welsh.

Close to it, there is Welsh HVDC Converter Station, a back-to-back HVDC station.

Units of J. Robert Welsh Power Plant[1]
Unit Nameplate capacity Commissioning Notes
1 558 MW 1977 B&W (Babcock & Wilcox Boiler) and Westinghouse turbine/generator
2 558 MW 1980 B&W (Babcock & Wilcox Boiler) and Westinghouse turbine/generator
3 558 MW 1982 B&W (Babcock & Wilcox Boiler) and Westinghouse turbine/generator

References

  1. ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.


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