Sunday - February 07, 2010

Good Reporting: An Example

Large explosion reported at power plant in Connecticut
WASHINGTON
Sun Feb 7, 2010 12:35pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gas line exploded on Sunday at a power plant in Middletown, Connecticut and local media reported dozens of casualties.

The Middletown Press said the explosion was at the Kleen Energy plant. Middletown is 23 miles south of the city of Hartford. The newspaper said on website ambulances and a helicopter were on the scene.

The explosion was felt in neighboring towns and black smoke was visible for miles (km) around.

A plant official told a local NBC TV station the facility was a 620 megawatt gas-fired power plant.

Thank you Reuters and Middletown Press. When a power plant blows up, the very first thing we want to know is that it WASN’T nuclear. After that we’ll get to the casualties, the environmental damage, how far away the blast could be heard (Long Island NY, reportedly) and whether it was terrorism.

But first let us know if we’re all gonna die in the next couple of hours. Not nuclear = no, we aren’t. Thank you.

from The Middletown Press:

We’re hearing reports of an explosion of a gas line by the Kleen Energy plant on River Road. All of Middletown’s fire departments are working at the scene, and Durham, Middlefield, Portland and Cromwell fire departments have been called in to assist.

Four ambulances and a Life Star helicopter have been called to the scene. Most of River Road has been blocked off. Flames were shooting out of a pipeline at one point, but the gas line has now been shut off.

The incident, which happened around 11:30 a.m., shook most homes in Middletown and as far as Portland. There are reports of numerous casualties.

Reader comments there show that the blast occurred at 11:15am. The Middletown Press is doing almost constant updates, so they’re only publishing a couple paragraphs at a go. TV News has the story, but no cameras on scene yet. It’s going to be a big ugly mess. Fox News says “massive casualties”, which could mean anything, but obviously it is not good news.

An older press release that talks about the building project they’ve got going:

The Kleen Energy power plant project is typical of High Steel’s increasing involvement in the power and energy sector. 

Berlin Steel of Massachusetts took the lead bidding the complete steel fabrication package, which totaled approximately 5,000 tons. Berlin involved High Steel early in the budgeting phase, and the two companies worked closely together through the bidding process. Contractor O&G Industries, Inc. awarded Berlin the fabrication contract, with High Steel as a subcontractor. High Steel’s scope involved large roof girders, crane girders, and several very large transfer girders for a total of 750 tons of built-up sections.

Kleen Energy Systems, LLC’s new 620 MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Facility is located in Middletown, Connecticut. Unlike older power plants that are less than 30 percent efficient, the new gas-fired, combined cycle power plant is designed to operate at over 60 percent efficiency. The combined cycle process achieves this increased efficiency by sending waste heat from the gas turbine generator, that would normally be lost, to a steam turbine to generate even more electricity.

The plant is expected to come on line by June 1, 2010.

More background info here on the building project.


The corporate web page stub:

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