L'Anse Warden

18.7 MW

Address

157 S Main St
L'Anse, MI
49946
United States of America

Latitude: 46.755405

Longitude: -88.455523

http://www.whitepineep.com/Lanse.html

Notes

Approved for $11,690,566 Incentive Tax Credit under Section 1603 of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. This plant used to burn coal and was converted into a biomass plant, becoming operational in August 2009. Burns 400 tpd mineral fiber ceiling tile scraps from CertainTeed, which uses its steam for production. Also burns willow trees, paper plant by-product, landfill diversion wood, and wood bark and chips. Formerly named "J.H. Warden Generating Station"

Edits

Suggest a Change to this Entry

Take Action

Request Control of this Facility

Data Sources

Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	6.0%	6.0%	16.7%	16.7%	11.8%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Black	0.2%	0.2%	14.5%	14.5%	6.6%
Hispanic	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.2%
White	84.4%	84.4%	59.6%	59.6%	73.3%
	73.3%
Population	976	976	4,084	4,084	9,325
Income	$45k			$46k	$46k

Visualize demographics on Justice Map

GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Friends of the Land of Keweenaw		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Detroit Edison Co	Former Owner	100%
L'Anse Warden Electric Company LLC	Owner/Operator	0%

LINK

Link
L�Anse biomass power plant near Nov. 17, 2007
L'anse Power Plant To Get Green (Biomass) June 1, 2007
Detroit Edison Buying 20 MW of Biomass Energy August 2010
CertainTeed Ceilings L�Anse Plant Forges Holistic Sustainability Efforts/Partners with Warden Electric 11/30/2009 "CertainTeed provides scrap generated in its production process to the power plant to be burned for additional green biomass input."
L�Anse Warden Electric Power, L�Anse Michigan aerial photo
Biomass Electricity: Clean Energy Subsidies for a Dirty Industry Received $11,690,566 in ARRA, Section 1603 Energy Grants
Operating Permit 1/1/2011
Funding streams to biomass power 6/29/2011 "Open loop biomass combustion power plants that have taken the ITC so far represent about $102 million in expenditures"

TAG

Tag
conversion

Facility Search

View Area in a Larger Map

More nearby facilities

Unit #1
Unit Type: Burner: Boiler
Power 60 MW

Status History

Closed	2003
Operating	1959

Generator #1
Unit Type: Burner: Unknown Type
Power 19 MW

Status History

Operating	10-2008
Proposed	2007
Operating	8-1959
Operating	8-1959

Fuels and Products

Wood Waste Solids	1#	Input
Tires	2#	Input
Utility Poles / Railroad Ties	3#	Input

Fewer Details

COMMENTS