Case Study
Hawthorn Unit 5
Kansas City Power & Light Kansas City, Missouri Project Case History (Continued on reverse side) Hawthorn Unit 5 An explosion during a maintenance outage on February 17, 1999, destroyed the original Hawthorn Unit 5 boiler. In August 1999, B&W PGG was released to design, supply, erect and commission a complete replacement boiler on an accelerated schedule. The new boiler began generating electricity in June 2001, only 22 months from projec