Gould Street Generating Station
The Gould Street Generating Station was a former 100 MW electric generating plant operated by
Plant description
Electric output from the Gould Street Generating Station was provided by Unit 3, which consists of a natural gas-fired boiler and steam turbine. Water from the Patapsco River was used as the heat sink of the condensor for the steam turbine. The plant also had a 250 kW emergency generator intended to be used during power outages to provide back-up power to start Unit 3.
History
The plant site was first used to generate electricity in 1905, when the Baltimore Electric Power Company installed three 2 MW, 60 cycle, 6,600 volt generators driven by steam turbines.
Two replacement steam-powered 35 MW generators numbered as Units 1 and 2 were installed in a new building at the site in 1927. A boiler which burned pulverized coal provided 450 psi steam for the turbines that was superheated to 750 °F (399 °C). These two generators operated until they were decommissioned in 1977.[5]
The 100 MW generator of Unit 3, installed in 1952, was originally powered by a turbine with steam provided from a coal-fired boiler, but was later converted from coal to burn No. 6 fuel oil and natural gas. This unit was shut down in 2003 due to an equipment failure involving the steam turbine.[1] Constellation Energy repaired the turbine, modified Unit 3 to burn natural gas only,[1] and reactivated the plant in June 2008. Constellation merged into Exelon in 2012. Exelon shuttered and sold the plant in 2019.
Operations
Before the plant was closed, Exelon operated it as a
See also
References
- ^ a b c Maryland Department of Natural Resources (2008-01-09). "Environmental Review of Constellation Power Source Generation's Gould Street Reactivation Project" (PDF). Maryland Public Service Commission Case No. 9124 docket. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Lynch, Kevin (2019-04-08). "Exelon's Gould Street Generating Station in Port Covington Up for Sale, Will Shut Down in June". South BMore.com. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Greenspring buys 5.5-acre Gould Street waterfront site". The Daily Record. Annapolis, MD. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ Simmons, Melody (2021-08-02). "Real Estate Insider: Weller Development acquires Gould Street Power Plant site". American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02.
- ^ a b c d King, Thomson (1950). Consolidated of Baltimore 1816–1950: A History of Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore. Baltimore: Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Co. pp. 165–68, 248–49.
External links
- Exelon – Gould Street Generating Station
- Gould Street Power Plant Photo Gallery DEAD LINK found May 7, 2015