Arizona Nuclear Profile 2010 Arizona profile
| Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 1,937 | 14.9 | 31,200 | 27.9 |
| Coal | 6,233 | 23.6 | 43,644 | 39.1 |
| Hydro and Pumped Storage | 2,937 | 11.1 | 6,831 | 6.1 |
| Natural Gas | 13,012 | 49.3 | 29,676 | 26.6 |
| Other 1 | - | - | 15 | * |
| Other Renewable1 | 181 | 0.7 | 319 | 0.3 |
| Petroleum | 93 | 0.4 | 66 | 0.1 |
| Total | 26,392 | 100.0 | 111,751 | 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. * = Absolute percentage less than 0.05. - = No data reported. 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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Plant in State
Operator: Arizona Public Service Company
Location: Palo Verde is located in Maricopa County, on a 4,050-acre site near Wintersburg, Arizona.
Construction Cost: Palo Verde units 1 and 2 cost $8.001 billion (2007 USD). Cost data for Unit 3 is not available.2
Reactor Descriptions: All three of the Palo Verde units are Westinghouse two-loop pressurized water reactors.
Cooling System: The plant uses reprocessed sewage water for its mechanical draft cooling towers.
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.