Brunot Island
40°27′47.02″N 80°2′35.99″W / 40.4630611°N 80.0433306°W
Brunot Island (aka Brunot's Island) is a 129-acre island in the Ohio River at the west end of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is home to the Brunot Island Generating Station, a 315 MW fossil fuel power plant.
The Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge crosses the Ohio River at the island. The island does not otherwise connect to the land, and all vehicular traffic must use a ferry to access the island. The employees of the power plant use a pedestrian walkway on the railroad bridge to go to work.
The island was scene to an accidental murder of a 19 year old man from Kennedy Township, Matthew Scott Delanko (RIP). The police investigation is ongoing, but police investigators say they are closing in on the culprits. He was a recent graduate of Montour High School '07 and was known to frequent the island to hang out. [1]
Brunot Island Generating Station
- Type: Fossil fuel; oil and natural gas
- Net capacity: 315 MW (megawatts)
- Began operation: 1972
- Current owner: DQE Holdings, Inc.
Plants
- Three oil-fired simple cycle peaking power plants
- Total generating capacity: 53 MW
- One natural-gas-fired combined cycle power plant
- Total generating capacity: 262 MW
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