Seattle Steam Western Plant

Address

1319 Western Ave
Seattle, WA
98101
United States of America

Latitude: 47.606826

Longitude: -122.339971

http://www.seattlesteam.com/

Notes

Seattle Steam is a district heating facility serving 240+ downtown clients such as the Seattle Art Museum, Virginia Mason Hospital, Harboview Hospital, Swedish Hopital, etc. SS currently runs 3 natural gas boilers and 1 biomass incinerator.

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
Asian	26.0%	24.2%	18.7%	18.2%	20.2%
Black	3.1%	7.4%	6.6%	6.2%	6.1%
Hispanic	8.6%	8.7%	8.2%	8.1%	9.8%
White	54.3%	52.3%	58.5%	59.4%	55.7%
	55.7%
Population	905	131k	262k	702k	2,203k
Income	$83k				$78k

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Group	St.	Interest
Market Air Quality Campaign		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Enwave Seattle (Seattle Steam Company)	Owner/Operator	0%

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Seattle turns to old heat source: Wood 8/212009 photo "a new storage structure behind the Four Seasons Hotel. � Wood waste will be blown under Western Avenue through a tunnel that was built in 1917 for coal"
Fuel Source Information \| Seattle Steam Biomass Boiler Broken wood pallets and crates; Clean construction demolition wood; Shredded wood from land clearing, Wood waste from sawmills and chip mills
Experience - Independent Power, Inc., 1988 - Present Biomass Steam Energy Facility - Developed and permitted an 85,000 pound per hour wood-fired steam boiler that included a 275 ton per day wood-fuel delivery and storage facility for the Seattle Steam Company, 2005-2006.

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel	Secondary Fuel(s)
	Burner: Unknown Type	Operating	Natural Gas
	Burner: Unknown Type	Operating	Natural Gas
	Burner: Unknown Type	Operating	Natural Gas
	Burner: Unknown Type	Operating	Urban Wood Waste (Tree Trimmings)	Construction/Demolition Wood Waste	Paper / Lumber Mill Wood Wastes

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