Maryland Nuclear Profile 2010 Maryland profile
| Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (Percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 1,705 | 13.6 | 13,994 | 32.1 |
| Coal | 4,886 | 39.0 | 23,668 | 54.3 |
| Hydro and Pumped Storage | 590 | 4.7 | 1,667 | 3.8 |
| Natural Gas | 2,041 | 16.3 | 2,897 | 6.6 |
| Other 1 | 152 | 1.2 | 485 | 1.1 |
| Other Renewable1 | 209 | 1.7 | 574 | 1.3 |
| Petroleum | 2,933 | 23.4 | 322 | 0.7 |
| Total | 12,516 | 100.0 | 43,607 | 100.0 |
| 1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind. Sources: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
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Plants in State
Operator: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC
Location and Service Territory: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is located in Lusby on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay.
Construction Cost: $2.206 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: Both units are Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactors.
Cooling System: The Chesapeake Bay is used as a heat-sink in the plant's once-through cooling system.
2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.