Shawville Generating Station
Shawville, Pennsylvania
Station Description
Shawville Generating Station is located on an 1147-acre site along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, in Bradford Township, Clearfield County, Pa. The station’s four coal-fired steam units (597 megawatts) and three diesel units (6 megawatts) have a total generating capacity of 603 megawatts. Of the coal units, Units 1 and 2 began commercial operation in 1954, while Units 3 and 4 started in 1959 and 1960, respectively. From 1993 to 1995, low NOx burners, environmental equipment designed to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide, were installed on all four units at Shawville. In addition, the station uses electrostatic precipitators to control particulate emissions. Units 1-4 are baseload units; Units 5 through 7 are peaking units.