Fort St. Vrain Generating Station
Fort Saint Vrain Generating Station is a natural gas powered electricity generating facility located near the town of Platteville in northern Colorado in the United States. It currently has a capacity of just under 1000MW and is owned and operated by Xcel Energy, the successor to the plant's founder, the Public Service Company of Colorado. It went online in this form in 1996.
The facility was built originally as a nuclear power plant. It operated as a nuclear generating power plant from 1977 until 1992.
Read more about Fort St. Vrain Generating Station: Historical Overview, Unique Features of The Design, Operational Experience, Reuse As Combustion Power Facility
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