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heskett stationHeskett Station

Two miles north of Mandan, ND. Two lignite-fired units.  Owned and operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

Unit 1, operational in 1954, has a capacity of 25,000 kilowatts (Unit 1 was placed on inactive standby on January 1, 1995).

Unit 2, operational in 1963, has a capacity of 75,000 kilowatts. Unit 2 was retrofitted to a fluidized-bed combustor in 1987 and has the most operating hours of any utility-size fluidized-bed boiler in the United States.

 

Lignite Energy Council, P.O.Box 2277, 1016 E. Owens Avenue, Suite 200, Bismarck, ND 58502

Phone (701) 258-7117 Fax (701) 258-2755