The Fisk Generating Station, also known as Fisk Street Generating Station located at 1111 West Cermak Road in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, is a medium-size, legacy coal-fired electric generating station not covered by current Clean Air Act emission standards. A 2002 Harvard School of Public Health study[1] found communities near these older coal power plants showed significant health risks such as increased mortality and asthma rates. Fisk Generating Station was one of the named plants in the study, as well as the Crawford Generating Station in the Little Village neighborhood. Current plans call for the Fisk Generating Station to be shut down in December 2012.[2]
In addition to the main coal-fired unit, the station has a number of kerosene-fired back-up units:[3]
| Unit |
Nameplate capacity (MWe) |
Commissioning |
Notes |
| 19 |
374 |
1968 |
Main coal-fired unit (active) |
| 311 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 312 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 321 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 322 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 331 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 332 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 341 |
38 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 342 |
22.8 |
1968 |
Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
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- ^ Levy, J. I.; Spengler, J. D.; Hlinka, D.; Sullivan, D.; and Moon, D. (2002). "Using CALPUFF to evaluate the impacts of power plant emissions in Illinois: model sensitivity and implications". Atmospheric Environment 36 (6): 1063–1075. doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00493-9.
- ^ Hawthorne, Michael. ""Chicago's 2 coal-fired plants to shut down sooner than expected"". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicagos-two-coalfired-power-plants-to-shut-down-sooner-20120229,0,269023.story. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
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