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Rawhide Energy Station
Rawhide
is ranked as one of the cleanest power plants in the nation. Every other
day a 60-car train delivers low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin
coal fields in north central Wyoming. A rotary car dumper unloads each
coal car without uncoupling it from the train in approximately two
minutes. Two active coal storage silos hold 5,800 tons each allowing for
a three-day supply at 100% load. Raised earthen berms protect the inactive
coal storage providing 30 days of reserve. The berms reduce wind-borne
coal dust emissions. Cooling water is provided by the closed-system, five
billion gallon Hamilton Reservoir. Rawhide is equipped with
state-of-the-art scrubbers as part of its air quality control measures.
The plant operates below all state and federal emission standards.
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