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BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project
- Name of the facility:
BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project
- Location:
Northwestern Whatcom County, 7 miles southeast of Blaine, Washington.
- Distance from the US/Canada border:
- Type/size of the facility:
The proposed 750 megawatt cogeneration project will be located adjacent to the existing
BP Cherry Point petroleum refinery. BP proposes to construct three GE 7FA combustion
turbines in combined-cycle mode. Each heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) will be
equipped with a duct burner. One common steam turbine and electric generator will serve
all three power trains. Steam and electricity from the cogeneration project will be
provided to the refinery.
- Source of emissions:
Combustion turbines and HRSG duct burners.
- Type of fuel:
- Type/quantity of emissions:
&
- Emission control technology:
According to BP, "Total air criteria pollutants emitted by the Cogeneration Project will be
completely offset by corresponding reductions in emission from the refinery made
possible, in part, by the steam and electricity provided to the refinery by the Cogeneration
Project."
The estimated annual emissions considering controls for the three new emission units:
Pollutant | Quantity of Emissions (tons / yr) | Emission Control Technology |
PM10 | 273 | Pipeline natural gas & good combustion practices |
SO2 | 54 | Pipeline natural gas & good combustion practices |
NOx | 228 | Pipeline natural gas, good combustion practices, dry low-NOx combustors, & SCR |
VOC | 37 | Pipeline natural gas, good combustion practices, oxidation catalyst |
CO | 116 | Pipeline natural gas, good combustion practices, oxidation catalyst |
H2SO4 | 18 | Pipeline natural gas & good combustion practices |
HAP | 6 | Pipeline natural gas, good combustion practices, oxidation catalyst |
- Date permit application received:
- Stack height and diameter:
Stack 1:
Height: 150 feet
Diameter: 19 feet
Stack 2:
Height: 150 feet
Diameter: 19 feet
Stack 3:
Height: 150 feet
Diameter: 19 feet
- Permit agency's contact name, address, telephone number:
State of Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
Attn: Michelle Elling
P.O. Box 43172
Olympia, WA 98504-3172
Phone: 360.956.2124
For additional information, please see http://www.efsec.wa.gov/bpcogen.html
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