This mid-size fossil plant in SCE&G's system generates approximately 420 megawatts of electricity by burning pulverized coal in three units. At full load, Canadys Station can produce enough power in one hour to supply the average electric needs of 400 residential customers for one month.
Environmental Initiatives
- More than $17 million was spent to install a baghouse on Unit 3 in 1999. The baghouse removes 99 percent of the fly ash from the combustion process.
- In 2007, a dry ash silo was installed on unit 3. This system was installed to collect fly ash and for recycling ash to be used in the production of cement.
- The boilers have low-NOx burners, installed in the late 1990s, that reduce the amount of nitrous oxide gases even further.
- Canadys utilizes a closed cycle cooling water system which means it has little impact on the nearby Edisto River and the surrounding wildlife.
Plant Facts
- Located near Walterboro, S.C.
- Generates approximately 420 megawatts of electricity.
- Began commercial operation in 1962.
- Burns approximately 130 tons of coal per hour when operating at full load.
- Pays approximately $2.3 million in property taxes annually.
- Employs 85 employees.
