Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant is a coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation facility near Wilsonville, Shelby County, Alabama.[1]
Four of the five units in the plant were converted to use natural gas under plans to reduce costs.[2] As of 2024, Unit 5 is testing a 10 MWh thermal storage at 600 °C (1,112 °F), made of concrete.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Generating plants". Alabama Power. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ "Alabama Power to connect Shelby plant to natural gas line". The Birmingham News. 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ "Concrete elements exhibit energy storage, power output capacity". 20 May 2024.
- ^ Scott Hume (11 May 2021). "Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Enabling Flexible Operation without Coal Plant Cycling - 21TPG_Hume_0.pdf" (PDF). Electric Power Research Institute.
External links
- Data on generation and fuel consumption from the Energy Information Administration Electricity Data Browser
