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Quick Facts

• One of the largest power plants under construction in the United States.
• Structural Steel– 42,000 tons, about half of the steel tonnage of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Chicago, Illinois.
• Electrical Cable– 1,200 miles– enough to stretch from St. Louis, Missouri to El Paso, Texas.
• Piping– 120 miles, enough to stretch from the plant site to Springfield, Illinois.
• It takes one pound of Illinois coal to produce enough electricity to run your TV for 5 hours.
• Concrete– 165,000 cubic yards, enough to fill more than 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• The stack is 700' tall that is 70' taller than the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Approximately 3,000 workers will be employed to build the plant.
• 1600 megawatts of power- Enough to serve 2.5 million families across nine states.

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