Clifty Creek Power Plant
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Clifty Creek Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Country | United States |
| Location | Madison, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38°44′16″N 85°25′08″W / 38.73778°N 85.41889°WCoordinates: 38°44′16″N 85°25′08″W / 38.73778°N 85.41889°W |
| Status | Active |
| Commission date | Unit 1: February 1955 Unit 2: May 1955 Unit 3: July 1955 Unit 4: October 1955 Unit 5: November 1955 Unit 6: March 1956 |
| Owner(s) | Ohio Valley Electric Corporation |
| Power station information | |
| Primary fuel | Subbituminous coal |
| Power generation information | |
| Maximum capacity | 1,303 MWe |
Clifty Creek Power Plant is a 1.3-GW coal-fired power station located in Madison, Indiana, USA. Five of its six identical units began operating in 1955,[1] the sixth unit was launched in 1956.[2] It has one of the tallest chimneys in the world, at 300 metres (980 ft).
Environmental impact [edit]
With all of its units dating back to mid-1950s, the plant ranked 49th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulphur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006.
References [edit]
- ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ^ "IKEC to invest $460 million for Environmental Controls at Clifty Creek Power Plant" (PDF) (Press release). Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
External links [edit]
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This article about a United States power station is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a building or structure in Indiana is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
