Midland Cogeneration Venture

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The gas power plant Midland ( Midland Cogeneration Venture engl. ) is the most efficient gas - and -steam combined cycle power plant in the world. It is in Midland, Michigan.

History

Originally it was to be a nuclear power plant with two pressurized water reactors. The owner of Consumers Energy requested if the required approval in 1968. However, the plans were delayed, so that only in March 1973 was started the construction work. The reactors should be built by Babcock & Wilcox. As a result of the accident at the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Iceland on 28 March 1979, the project got in trouble, but was continued nevertheless. Decided until the year 1984, the operator, to abandon the project. Up to this time point, the power plant was completed to 85% and Consumers Energy had already invested $ 4 billion, which the company had come to the brink of insolvency. For this reason, the parent company, CMS Energy had to step in and took over the supervision of the project.

In 1986, CMS Energy decided to convert the unfinished building in a gas power plant. The construction work lasted for another 5 year and devoured $ 500 million. The power plant was finally put into operation in 1991.

Technology

The power plant produces an electrical output of 1,560 MW, producing 10 % of electricity needs in Michigan. In addition, the waste heat is used in the form of process steam: the power plant provides tons of steam per hour for the chemical industry 612 available.

Data of the reactor units

The nuclear power plant has two Midland discarded blocks: