French Island Generating Plant

188 MW

Address

200 S Bainbridge St
La Crosse, WI
54601
United States of America

Latitude: 43.829131

Longitude: -91.259917

Notes

originally coal-fired, converted to oil-fired in 1974, converted to wastewood/RDF

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	4.9%	4.5%	4.9%	3.9%
Black	1.1%	3.5%	2.7%	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic	1.3%	3.5%	3.2%	2.8%	2.3%
White	90.5%	83.4%	85.1%	85.8%	88.4%
	88.4%
Population	747	23k	54k	90k	146k
Income	$59k				$60k

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Xcel Energy	Owner	100%

LINK

Link
French Island Generating Plant
French Island Incinerator Background & Status (as of 2003)
The French Island Initiative Beth Gibbs & Lucas Molina
Xcel ready for new air tests at incinerator Read more: http://lacrossetribune.com/news/image_9f4595ff-c40d-5f56-bc0f-82553018f587.html#ixzz1bpgbWVan photo of incinerator
Railroad ties burn on French Island 4/27/2003 "shreds railroad ties for burning in Xcel Energy's French Island Generating Plant"

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Generator #1
Unit Type: Burner: Spread Stoker, Water Wall Furnace
Power 15 MW

Status History

Operating

0-1-1940

Fuels and Products

Generator #2
Unit Type: Burner: Spread Stoker, Water Wall Furnace
Power 15 MW

Status History

Operating

0-1-1948

Fuels and Products

Generator #3
Unit Type: Burner: Turbine
Power 79 MW

Status History

Operating

9-1-1974

Fuels and Products

Oil

Input

Generator #4
Unit Type: Burner: Turbine
Power 79 MW

Status History

Operating

11-1-1974

Fuels and Products

Oil

Input

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