Article: United States: $2.3B Coal-fired Plant In Wis. Finally Running.

Byline: prashant03

The most expensive construction project in state history, We Energies' new $2.3 billion coal-fired plant in Oak Creek, has begun generating power, having reached several construction milestones in recent months, the company's chairman said this week.

The plant consists of two coal-fired boilers next to an older coal plant on Lake Michigan. The first of the two boilers began burning coal earlier this month and has been running at 25 percent of maximum power in recent days, said Gale Klappa, chairman and chief executive of Wisconsin Energy Corp., the parent of We Energies.

Bechtel Power Corp., the contractor on the project, also ...

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