The Valmont coal plant adds about 2 pounds of mercury a month to the environment and consumes about 2 million gallons of water a day.
The Valmont coal plant has been off line for months at a time in the past half year--do we really need it?
Xcel has 15,000 MW of wind, solar and biomass bids sitting on their desks while the Valmont Plant is only 186 MW ( on its good days.)
Shouldn't we be spending our energy dollars on clean Colorado wind and solar projects instead of on coal from Wyoming and creating 7 million pounds of CO2 per day while Colroado solar and wind projects await development?
Hearing
Tuesday July 14, 2009
4:30-6 pm--Community Picnic and Beyond Coal Rally--Skits and Music etc.
6pm-?? Hearing on Valmont Air Permit
All events start at Boulder County Courthouse
1325 Pearl Street ("On the Mall")
Hearing Training (Optional)
If you want to know more about pollution from the Valmont plant, the air permit process and the key issues that are in play come to this optional training
Thursday July 9, 2009
St. John's Episcopal Church
1419 Pine Street
Boulder, CO 80303
7-9 pm
Scroll down for the basic facts on the Valmont coal plant.
For more information, contact Leslie Glustrom at lglustrom@gmail.com,
or (303) 245-8637
www.cleanenergyaction.org
Xcel's Valmont Coal Plant*
Boulder, Colorado
Version 1.3--Dec 2008
Year Opened: 1964
Original Cost: $121 Million
Summer Capacity: 186 MW
Coal
-Tons Coal Used (2007) 535,000 Tons
-Approximate Coal Cost (2007) $26 million
-Cost Per MMBTU (2007) $1.78
Emissions
-Approx. CO2 Emitted Per Year 1.3 Million Tons
-Approx. SO2 Emitted Per Year 500 Tons
-Approx. NOx Emitted Per Year 1600 Tons
-Approx. Mercury Emitted Per Year 20-40 Pounds
Water
-Acre Feet Consumed Per Year 2459 acre-feet/yr
-Approx. Gallons Consumed Per Year 801 million gallons
-Approx. Gallons Per Day 2.1 million gallons
Fly Ash
-Tons Fly Ash Produced (2007) 91,408 Tons
-Cost of Fly Ash Disposal (2007 Non-Labor) $425,623
-Location of Fly Ash Disposal On site until 2015
Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies for Eliminating 1.3 Million Tons of CO2
-Eliminating 215, 996 Passenger Vehicles
-Elliminating the Electricity Use of 156, 204 Households
-Planting 30 Million Seedlings and Keeping Them Alive for 10 Years
*Data was received from Xcel in 2007 and 2008. Greenhouse gas equivalencies were calculated using the EPA Greenhouse Gas Calculator at http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html
For further information, check with Xcel Energy or
Contact Leslie Glustrom lglustrom@gmail.com or 303-245-8637
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