Cogentrix
Cogentrix, or otherwise known as the D.C. Battle Steam Plant is a coal fired power plant. The plant was erected in July of 1989. It has two 60-megawatt generators, which allow for as much as 120 megawatts of capacity to be produced. This facility provides North Carolina Power with 115 megawatts of capacity, and delivers an average of 40,000 pounds of steam to Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceutical manufacturing plant per hour. This is enough electricity to light six million common light bulbs. This plant is actually controlled automatically by computers in Richmond, Va.
We actually saw they huge pile of coal, which is unloaded by conveyor belts from the train. It goes to a tower in which has gates to evenly spread it out. The plant receives 1300 to 1400 tons of coal a day. They store enough coal to supply twenty-five days worth of electricity. These huge conveyors then, take the coal up to the top deck to be placed into the burners. From here the coal I put into
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