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 ". . .A recently permitted state-of-the-art coal-fired unit, for example, at a Kansas City Power & Light facility has 88 percent lower NOx, 99 percent lower particulate matter, and 92 percent lower SO2 emissions than would an uncontrolled facility."
--2001 National Energy Policy Report
Hawthorn Unit 5
- Uprated from 476 to 565 megawatts adding critically needed power to Midwest
- Rebuilt for service in less than 22 months after contract was awarded -- industry norm is 36
- Awarded Power magazine's 2001 Marmaduke Award
- Designed for low-sulfur Powder River Basin coal
- Burns more than 2 million tons of coal annually/average of 7,000 tons daily at full load
- Constructed unit train coal dumper with laser positioning
- Reduced coal transfer to six hours from 2 1/2 days
- Used best-available control technology (BACT) to dramatically lower air emissions
- Meets Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emission limit of 0.08 lb./Mbtu
- Meets Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emission limit of 0.12 lb./Mbtu
- Meets particulate emission limit of 0.018 lb./Mbtu
- Increased the generating reserve margin in the area
- Constructed a nesting box for peregrine falcons on the exhaust stack
Hawthorn Generating Station
- Dedicated in 1956 on 550-acre site on Missouri River, nine miles northeast of downtown Kansas City, Missouri
- Represents 26 percent of company's total production capacity
- Installed four units with 435 MW peaking capacity since 1999
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