Dresden Plant

This article is about Dresden Plant. For the nuclear power plant, see Dresden Generating Station.

The Dresden Plant is a 580 megawatt (MW), natural gas power plant located south of Dresden, Ohio in Muskingum County, Ohio. The plant began operations in 2012 and is currently owned by American Electric Power (AEP).

Dresden Plant
Dresden Plant in 2020
Country	United States
Location	Cass Township in Muskingum County, near Dresden, Ohio
Coordinates	40°5′35″N 82°1′35″W
Status	Operational
Commission date	Units 1–3: 2012
Owner	American Electric Power (AEP)
Operator	American Electric Power (AEP)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Cooling source	Muskingum River
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	580 MW

History

The Dresden Plant was first conceived in 2000 when Dresden Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, proposed the construction of a combined cycle power plant utilizing natural gas as its energy source.^[1] Construction began in 2001, but numerous delays and rising natural gas prices made the plant uneconomical at that time.^[2] In 2007, AEP would purchase the partially built Dresden Plant from a subsidiary of Dominion for $85 million.^[3] The Dresden Plant would remain in an idle state with a skeleton crew until 2011 when AEP recommenced construction at the site.^[2][4] Commercial operations began on February 1, 2012. The total cost for the construction of the plant was $366 million.^[5]

Equipment

The Dresden Plant features three units. There are two, General Electric, 7FA gas turbines which are fed into heat recovery steam generators designed by Vogt-NEM and a single, General Electric, D11 steam turbine generator. Both gas turbines are equipped with LO-NOx burners and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to reduce nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions.^[2]

See also

• Ohio portal
• Energy portal

• List of power stations in Ohio

References

1. "00-0686-EL-BGN" (PDF). Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). April 13, 2000. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
2. Overton, Thomas W. (February 23, 2012). "American Electric Power Finally Flips the Switch on Beleaguered Ohio Plant". Power Engineering. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
3. "AEP completes purchase of Dresden plant". Power Engineering. September 21, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
4. "AEP to complete construction of Dresden natural gas plant". Electric Light & Power. January 21, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
5. "DETROIT - Good month puts brakes on Honda's sales decline". The Columbus Dispatch. February 2, 2012. p. 9A. Retrieved August 20, 2019 – via newsbank.com/.