Martin Drake

257 MW

Address

700 S Conejos St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
United States

Latitude: 38.82444

Longitude: -104.83333

Year Opened: 1962

Water Source: Municipality

Notes

2009: started cofiring sawdust, and "we plan to build a long-term biomass co-firing receiving, storage, processing and injection system by 2011."
2011: Unit 7 being modified to co-fire chipped trees

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Data Sources

EIA 2008
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860

Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	1.7%	1.1%	1.3%	1.2%	1.0%
Asian	2.2%	2.5%	2.3%	2.6%	3.1%
Black	10.3%	5.1%	6.2%	7.1%	6.1%
Hispanic	16.0%	15.8%	18.6%	20.9%	17.9%
White	66.6%	69.5%	66.1%	62.4%	65.5%

Population	1,391	36k	131k	375k	710k
Income	$41k				$71k

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CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
Colorado Springs City of	Owner	100%

LINKS

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2009 State of the City address 6/2/2009 "received approval from the State to burn a blend of sawdust and coal at our Martin Drake Power Plant. We will conduct sawdust/coal burn tests this month and hope to begin continuous operatio
Colorado Spring Utility - Woody Biomass "There is a 20 year supply of woody biomass from dead or dying trees within a 75 mile radius of the Martin Drake Power Plant. The older trees in Colorado�s forests are susceptible to pine beetle kill,

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Power	Type	Status	Fuel	Secondary Fuel(s)
50 MW	Burner: Boiler	Operating	Subbituminous Coal	Coal	Natural Gas	Wood Waste Solids
75 MW	Burner: Boiler	Operating	Subbituminous Coal	Coal	Natural Gas
132 MW	Burner: Boiler	Operating	Subbituminous Coal	Coal	Natural Gas
132 MW	Burner: Boiler	Proposed	Subbituminous Coal	Coal	Natural Gas

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