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Virginia MN Biomass
Virginia MN Biomass
41.2 MW
Address
618 2nd St South
Virginia, MN
55792
United States of America
Latitude:
47.522425
Longitude:
-92.541104
http://www.vpuc.com/departments.html
Notes
From the Facility Description portion of the air permit: The City of Virginia Department of Public Utilities is a citizen-owned utility providing steam and electricity to businesses and residents of the local Virginia area. The department has the potential to operate any combination of four boilers using coal and/or natural gas and/or wood as fuel. Boiler 7 can burn both coal, sub-bituminous or bituminous and natural gas; Boiler 9 can burn only coal and Boiler 10 is a natural gas fired boiler. A recent permitted major modification consisted of installing a wood fired boiler to be used for district heating and electric generation. This permit authorized the installation of wood handling and storage equipment. There is an additional boiler, Boiler 8, located at the facility but is physically disconnected from the Utility System. Pollution control equipment consists of wet scrubbers, bag houses, and electrostatic precipitators in combination with good combustion practices.
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Data Sources
Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)
0
2.5
5
10
25
American Indian
2.1%
3.5%
3.1%
2.3%
1.5%
Asian
0.4%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
Black
0.6%
2.6%
2.2%
1.5%
1.0%
Hispanic
2.4%
2.0%
1.7%
1.5%
1.4%
White
89.1%
86.0%
87.6%
89.5%
91.3%
91.3%
Population
678
8,003
10k
17k
36k
Income
$57k
$57k
$57k
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CORPORATION
Name
Relation
Ownership
City of Virginia, MN
Owner
100%
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Biomass generation begins
Mesabi Daily News
Biomass Project
latest MN air permit
has recently starting using wood fuel in one of its boilers
MPCA News Releases
article on the Violations. Jan 2010
photo of power plant & water tower
photo
Virginia agrees to penalty for permit violation
MPR news, January 2010
Wood from NOvA site fuels renewable energy in Minnesota
photo "This power plant in Virginia, Minn., runs on both coal and wood."
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Unit Information
Power
Type
Status
Fuel
Secondary Fuel(s)
15 MW
Burner: Boiler
Operating
7.5 MW
Burner: Boiler
Operating
Subbituminous Coal
Wood Waste Solids
Natural Gas
19 MW
Burner: Boiler
Operating
Subbituminous Coal
Wood Waste Solids
Natural Gas
4 MW
Burner: Boiler
Closed
Subbituminous Coal
Wood Waste Solids
Natural Gas
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