Power Plants
Largest power plant in North Dakota. Generates 1.2 megawats of power.
What is Coal Creek Station?
Type of material that was compressed into coal?
What is plant/vegetation?
Material that must be removed to get to the coal.
What is overburden?
This must be done to coal before it is used in the boiler.
What is pulverized?
This carries power around the country.
What is a transmission line?
Oldest power plant in North Dakota. It came online in 1966.
What is the Leland Olds Station?
North Dakota's coal is this old?
What is 50-70/(60) million years?
This is the first material removed from the land and is stored to be replaced when mining is complete.
What is topsoil?
Temperature of the steam that is produced by boiling water under pressure?
What is 1000 degrees?
Number of people benefitting from lignite energy.
What is 2 million?
The state record smallmouth bass was caught in Nelson Lake - it supplies water to this power plant.
What is the Milton R. Young station?
Remnants of these trees are found in North Dakota lignite.
What are cypress and redwood trees?
It takes approximately 235 tons of earth per scoop....
What is a dragline?
The main solid byproduct of burning coal.
What is fly ash?
Alternating Current or Direct Current - the most efficient for sending electricity over long distances.
What is Direct Current (DC)?
This power plant is not located in the coal region and supplies heat and power to nearby corn and soybean processors.
What is Spiritwood Station?
Percentage of water found in lignite.
What is 35%?
The material found between two layers of coal.
What is interburden?
This gas, a byproduct of burning coal may affect the climate.
What is CO2 (carbon dioxide)?
The minimum, continuous amount of electricity demand required on an electrical grid over a specific span of time.
What is baseload?
Supplies power to convert coal into many products. Consumes approx. 5 million tons of coal per year.
What is the Antelope Valley Station?
Years remaining of coal reserves in North Dakota.
What is 800?
The area cleared by power shovels and prepped for the dragline.
What is the bench?
Approximate BTUs produced by on pound of coal.
What is 7,000?
The maximum customer use of electricity during a specific time.
What is peak demand?