So, they're trying to make sure that that's taken care of first, because that steam plant does give power to millions of people all over east Tennessee, even Georgia, Alabama that area.
At full steam, the plant would be capable of producing its specialized solar collectors at a rate of 400 megawatts per year.
That plant relies on steam and power from Grangemouth, which the union may no longer be prepared to supply.
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The water leak occurred in thousands of tubes that carry heated water from the reactor core through the plant's steam generators.
It is the first parabolic trough commercial plant based on direct steam generation.
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The heat produces steam in a separate loop that drives the plant's turbines and generators.
KHIC, also widely known as Hanjung, had been in the Gulf since 1986, providing heat-recovery steam generators for the Jebel Ali thermal power plant in the United Arab Emirates.
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The oil, which glows purplish when hot, flows to an adjacent power plant, where it boils water into steam that runs a turbine, and is pumped back to do it all over again.
With sorghum, the ethanol distillery can put the bagasse (plant stalks) to use as a boiler fuel, generating heat for distillation and steam for electricity.
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Located just south of Capitol Hill, the plant burns 47% coal, 43% natural gas and 10% fuel oil to provide steam power and chilled water to the Capitol and 23 surrounding buildings.
The power plant has been shut down since this winter, when a small amount of radioactive gas escaped from a steam generator during a water leak.
With a combined heat and power plant, some of those 76 wasted BTUs that were going out the stack are captured, generally as steam or hot water that can get piped around and used for heat.
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