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Brunot Island is a 129-acre (52 ha) island in the Ohio River. It is officially part of the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named for Dr. Felix Brunot who settled the island with his extended family in the late 1700s. The family entertained the Lewis and Clark Expedition on the island in August 1803. The island is home to the Brunot Island Generating Station, a 315 MW fossil fuel power plant.
Read more on WikipediaBrunot Island is a 365.4 MW hybrid power plant located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The plant began operating in 1972 and is owned by Midwood Holdings, with Brunot Island Power, LLC as the operator. The facility utilizes both natural gas and petroleum liquids as primary fuels, employing natural gas-fired combined cycle technology. It consists of 5 generators.
The plant operates within the PJM Interconnection, LLC balancing authority and the RFC NERC region. In the most recent year of reported data, Brunot Island generated 56,705 MWh of electricity, resulting in a capacity factor of 1.8%. Brunot Island is ranked as the 27th largest power plant out of 35 in Pennsylvania, and 578th out of 945 nationally.
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