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Originally posted by Hayek'sPupil View PostGovernment is the problem not the solution. As stated previously, government mandated environmental compliance increased to cost of operating to the point where the plant was forced to shut down. The company ran an analysis on whether to continue operating or shut down. Sometimes the cost to shut down is more expensive than it is to continue operating so they keep pumping. Not the case here.
These people are not stupid. They know how to get a coal plant to shut down through heavy regulation to accomplish their anti-humanistic and anti-fossil fuel agenda while they fly back and forth on their private jets.
Wise up grasshopper
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This is old news. It would announced it would be shut down back in 2020.
This plant is a lignite plant built in the mid 80s, literally the most inefficient, pollutant laced, environmentally unfriendly type of coal burner there is.
38 years ago, when this plant was built, scrubbers were becoming standard equipment on plants of this size, and 15 ish years ago, low nox burners became the norm. AEP chose to build an already out dated plant in the mid 80's, from what I can tell refused to upgrade much, then decided to shut it down when it cost too much to run. What they built was the equivalent of a 1990 Buick in 2005. Obsolete.
This is on AEP. They, and their employees, should have seen the writing on the wall in the mid 2000's. Gas units today make more power, in a fraction of the footprint of a coal plant such as this. And they don't require digging up lignite and destroying the landscape.
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Originally posted by WItoTX View PostThis is old news. It would announced it would be shut down back in 2020.
This plant is a lignite plant built in the mid 80s, literally the most inefficient, pollutant laced, environmentally unfriendly type of coal burner there is.
38 years ago, when this plant was built, scrubbers were becoming standard equipment on plants of this size, and 15 ish years ago, low nox burners became the norm. AEP chose to build an already out dated plant in the mid 80's, from what I can tell refused to upgrade much, then decided to shut it down when it cost too much to run. What they built was the equivalent of a 1990 Buick in 2005. Obsolete.
This is on AEP. They, and their employees, should have seen the writing on the wall in the mid 2000's. Gas units today make more power, in a fraction of the footprint of a coal plant such as this. And they don't require digging up lignite and destroying the landscape.
I don’t know what, if any, upgrades were made to this unit. In the early 2000, other plants were putting in upgrades. I haven’t been back there since new construction. Back in the day, every plant had a deadline to make upgrades or shutdown completely. Guess they chose the later. And if I remembered right, these plants had a life expectancy of 30 years. It’s not the first one to shut down and won’t be the last.
I’ve been sayin for a year or so now, get ready for a rolling blackout coming to a town near you!!
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Originally posted by sqiggy View PostI helped build this unit, in 84 or 85. When we finished here, I went to the one they were building in Jewett. From there, I went down to Lagrange.
I don’t know what, if any, upgrades were made to this unit. In the early 2000, other plants were putting in upgrades. I haven’t been back there since new construction. Back in the day, every plant had a deadline to make upgrades or shutdown completely. Guess they chose the later. And if I remembered right, these plants had a life expectancy of 30 years. It’s not the first one to shut down and won’t be the last.
I’ve been sayin for a year or so now, get ready for a rolling blackout coming to a town near you!!
Buy more ev cars ! SMDH
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I made a video and put it up on YouTube. The video was called the farce that is green energy, but here is a solution. The video was immediately shadow banned (my subscribers didn’t even get notified of the new video) and has been hidden from people seeing it unless I link directly to it.
The left doesn’t want the truth to be heard. So called green energy is actually worse for our environment than fossil fuels. Yes, we do need to get off of fossil fuels, but not like this.
[ame="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=enp4s97LLBo"]Green energy is a farce, but here is a solution - YouTube[/ame]
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Originally posted by BowhunterB View PostLike OP said, I am all for being a good steward of the environment, but we have to move forward rationally and logically. They want to move forward at breakneck speed.
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Originally posted by sqiggy View PostI helped build this unit, in 84 or 85. When we finished here, I went to the one they were building in Jewett. From there, I went down to Lagrange.
I don’t know what, if any, upgrades were made to this unit. In the early 2000, other plants were putting in upgrades. I haven’t been back there since new construction. Back in the day, every plant had a deadline to make upgrades or shutdown completely. Guess they chose the later. And if I remembered right, these plants had a life expectancy of 30 years. It’s not the first one to shut down and won’t be the last.
I’ve been sayin for a year or so now, get ready for a rolling blackout coming to a town near you!!
You might appreciate this being someone who built boilers like the subject unit. When I worked at the power company, one of our stations had units fabricated and constructed in the 1920's. The pipes, valves, fittings, etc...that had not been removed all had swastikas welded on them. The units themselves were fabricated in Germany, and the whole unit was a museum piece. It was a very cool unit, and it was torn down completely last year.
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Originally posted by mavrick View PostThey took the money and ran. They failed to keep up with maintenance and regulations. If maintenance would have been kept up the regulations may have been easier to meet.
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