Plant Bowen facts for kids
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| Country | United States |
| Location | 317 covered bridge road SW, Euharlee 30120 Bartow County, near Euharlee, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34°07′23″N 84°55′13″W / 34.12306°N 84.92028°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 1 - 1971 Unit 2 - 1972 Unit 3 - 1974 Unit 4 - 1975 |
| Owner(s) | Georgia Power |
Plant Bowen, also known as Bowen Steam Plant, is a very large power station in Georgia, USA. It uses coal to make electricity. Located near Euharlee, Georgia, it's one of the biggest coal-fired power plants in North America.
Plant Bowen can produce over 3,450 megawatts of power. This electricity is sent out through many large power lines. Georgia Power, a company that provides electricity, owns and operates this plant.
How Plant Bowen Makes Electricity
Plant Bowen has four main parts, called 'units.' Each unit can make a lot of electricity. The first unit started working in 1971. The other units began operating in 1972, 1974, and 1975.
Cooling Towers and Steam
The plant has four tall cooling towers. These towers are about 116 meters (381 feet) high and 97 meters (318 feet) wide. They can cool a huge amount of water every minute. About 26,000 gallons of water are lost each day as steam. This steam creates the big white clouds you see rising from the towers.
Smokestacks and Clean Air
Plant Bowen also has two very tall smokestacks, each about 305 meters (1,001 feet) high. These stacks release the cleaned gases from burning coal into the air.
To keep the air clean, special equipment called electrostatic precipitators removes tiny particles from the exhaust gases. The plant also uses Jet Bubble Reactor (JBR) units. These units help meet rules for clean air and ozone. The coal used at Plant Bowen comes from Eastern Kentucky. It arrives by long trains, sometimes with 120 cars!
