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Columbia Energy Center in Wisconsin with a coal ash pond landfill. An ash pond, also called a coal ash basin or surface impoundment, [1] is an engineered structure used at coal-fired power stations for the disposal of two types of coal combustion products: bottom ash and fly ash.
Columbia Energy Center is a base load, sub-bituminous coal-fired, electrical power station located south of Portage in the Town of Pacific, Columbia County, Wisconsin. [1] Ownership is 46.2% Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Alliant Energy), [2] 31.8% Wisconsin Public Service (Integrys Energy Group), [3] and 22% Madison Gas and Electric (MGE). [4]
Location of Iowa County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
The 380-megawatt Edgewater Generating Station in Sheboygan will shut down in 2025 and the 1,100-megawatt Columbia Energy Center, near Portage, which it jointly owns with Wisconsin Public Service ...
There are four coal-ash basins at the H.F. Lee Steam Plant. [19] An active ash pond enclosed in a dyke lies opposite Quaker Neck Lake to the north of the river. [20] There are three inactive ash basins to the west of the river further upstream. [21] These are forested, do not impound water and are normally dry. [11]
Mar. 15—Duke Energy continues efforts to close coal ash ponds, or basins, at its former Wabash River Generating Station along the Wabash River, according to a utility spokeswoman. The work ...
Coal mining in Iowa declined in the 1920s and most mines closed in the 1950s. Reclamation of the abandoned areas began in 1983 following the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of ...
During the first half of the 20th century, Wisconsin's utility companies pioneered efficiency improvements for coal-fired electricity generation at the former East Wells (Onieda) Street Power Plant, [6] and former Port Washington Power Plant. [7] Nuclear power has generated Wisconsin's largest share of carbon-free electrical energy since 1970. [8]