Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

600 MW

Address

15515 Bull Run Road
St. Paul, VA
United States

Latitude: 36.91635

Longitude: -82.33815

Year Opened: 2012

Water Source: Municipality

Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating

Cost (in millions): 1800

Notes

Starting with just coal; probably will be able to burn 10% (~50MW) from trees.

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Data Sources

EJN Coal Spreadsheet 2006/2007
Coal Swarm
2012 U.S. Biomass Power Map
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
Black	0.6%	0.6%	1.3%	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	1.0%
White	94.4%	94.4%	95.1%	95.6%	94.1%

Population	1,098	1,098	3,876	11k	67k
Income	$33k				$37k

CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
Dominion Virginia Power	Owner
Old Dominion Electric Coop	Owner
Blue Ridge Power Agency	Owner
Virginia Municipal Electric	Owner
Foster Wheeler	Boiler Manufacturer
Dominion Generation, Inc.
Shaw Group	Developer

GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Appalachian Voices		Interested
Chesapeake Climate Action Network		Interested
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards		Interested
Southern Environmental Law Center		Interested

LINKS

Link
Aerial images show the progress as of February 2009. aerial of construction site with stack
Assessing the Cost of Wise County Coal Plant Appalachian Voice Archive
Co-firing with Biomass: A Look at the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center 4/1/2013 "The 600 MW Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, which cost just less than $1.8 billion, is capable of burning up to 20 percent of biomass in its boilers along with coal... [types] that are co
Dominion quietly adds fee to help finance new power plant February 5, 2009, The Virginian Pilot
Rate rise tied to coal plant February 6, 2009, Richmond-Times Dispatch
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center Fact Sheet
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center Project
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, Va. Summer 2009
Wise County Plant Coal Swarm
Wise Up Dominion! September 16, 2008, The Understory (RAN blog)

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel
600 MW	Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating	Operating

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