Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant

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Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant
Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant
Country
  • United States
Location Wilsonville, Alabama
Coordinates 33°14′24″N86°27′50″W / 33.240072°N 86.463839°W / 33.240072; -86.463839
StatusOperational
Owner Alabama Power Company
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal, natural gas
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 1,880 MW
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Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant is a coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation facility near Wilsonville, Shelby County, Alabama. [1]

Four of the five units in the plant were converted to use natural gas under plans to reduce costs. [2] As of 2024, Unit 5 is testing a 10 MWh thermal storage at 600 °C (1,112 °F), made of concrete. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Generating plants". Alabama Power . Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alabama Power to connect Shelby plant to natural gas line". The Birmingham News . 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  3. ↑ "Concrete elements exhibit energy storage, power output capacity". 20 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Scott Hume (11 May 2021). "Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Enabling Flexible Operation without Coal Plant Cycling - 21TPG_Hume_0.pdf" (PDF). Electric Power Research Institute.


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