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Sept. 17, 2002
POWER MAGAZINE's 2002 POWERPLANT AWARD GOES TO JEA's NORTHSIDE GENERATING STATION
National leaders in the electric industry understand just what an accomplishment JEA's Northside Repowering Project represents. JEA, a relatively small electric utility in Jacksonville, Florida, is doing something no other utility in the world has done. Building the first 300-MegaWatt circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers in the world has set a clean new environmental standard for generating electricity with solid fuel.
In POWER magazine's September issue, Consulting Editor Bob Schwieger wrote, "...based on innovative work by JEA at its Northside Generating Station, ...for its outstanding achievement in this regard, JEA's Northside facility receives POWER magazine's 2002 Powerplant Award."
The $630 million Northside Repowering Project has converted two old, inefficient units fueled by oil or gas, to new, state-of-the-art (CFB) combustors. The conversion increases power output at the plant, improves energy efficiency, reduces air emissions, and helps keep electric rates low and stable in Jacksonville. These are the two largest CFB boilers in the world.
As part of its Clean Coal Technology Program, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is contributing more than $70 million to help fund Unit 2 of the project. The state-of-the-art, cleaner technology also enabled JEA to make a commitment to the Jacksonville community that the entire plant would release at least 10% less of the three main air emissions (sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter) while simultaneously producing two-and-a-half times the power it produced before the project.
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