Newton Power Plant is a 1,234.8MW coal fired power project. It is located in Illinois, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in November 1977. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by Luminant Generation with a stake of 100%.
It is a Steam Turbine power plant that is used for Baseload. The power plant run on dual-fuel. The primary fuel being used to power the plant is subbituminous. In case of shortage of subbituminous the plant can also run on Bituminous. The fuel is procured from Powder River Basin.
The project generated 6,262,915MWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in November 1977.
Contractors involved
GE Power was selected as the turbine supplier for thermal power project. The project consists of 2 units of 18-Stage, Tandem Compound turbines, each with 617.4MW nameplate capacity.
GE Power supplied Hydrogen Cooled electric generator for the Newton Power Plant (Newton Power Plant Unit I).
GE Power supplied Hydrogen Cooled electric generator for the Newton Power Plant (Newton Power Plant Unit II).
GE Power supplied steam boiler for the Newton Power Plant (Newton Power Plant Unit I).
GE Power supplied steam boiler for the Newton Power Plant (Newton Power Plant Unit II).
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