B.L. England Generating Station
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The B.L. England Generating Station, also called Beesley's Point Generating Station, was a power plant in Upper Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, on the Great Egg Harbor River. The facility provided approximately 450 megawatts of generating capacity from three generating units. Two units burned coal (and up to 7 percent Tire-derived fuel) and the third unit burned bunker C oil. Its large smokestack, altered to resemble a lighthouse, contained a sulfur dioxide scrubber which removed the SO2 from the flue gas and converted it into gypsum, which can be sold. The scrubber allowed the two coal units to use less expensive high sulfur coal from West Virginia.
B.L. England Generating Station | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Upper Township, Cape May County, New Jersey |
Coordinates | 39°17′23″N 74°38′02″W |
Status | Demolished |
Commission date | 1961 |
Decommission date | May 1, 2019 |
Owner(s) | R.C. Cape May Holdings |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal Oil Tires |
Cooling source | Great Egg Harbor River |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 450 MW |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The plant is visible from the Great Egg Harbor Bridge on the Garden State Parkway, and many confuse it with the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and its hyperboloid cooling tower, which recirculates hot water to avoid discharging into Great Egg Harbor Bay and cause thermal pollution.
The plant was decommissioned on May 1, 2019 [1] and has been slowly being demolished, with major demolition starting on April 21, 2023.[2] [3]