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Article: We Energies' project starts creating power Coal-fired plant in Oak Creek being tested
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- October 30, 2009
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By THOMAS CONTENT
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 Thursday.
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% 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 has made
progress on building the second boiler, which ...