Clifty Creek Power Plant
Clifty Creek Power Plant | |
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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 | Operational |
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 |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Subbituminous coal |
Turbine technology | Steam turbine |
Cooling source | Ohio River |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 1303 MW |
Clifty Creek Power Plant is a 1.3 gigawatt, 1,300 (MW) coal-fired power station located in Madison, Indiana. Clifty Creek is operated by the . It is named after Clifty Creek, the naming feature for the power plant, which enters the Ohio River nearby.
Background[]
Five of its six identical units began operating in 1955, the sixth unit was launched in 1956.[1][2] Its six units supplied electricity for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio along with its sister plant, Kyger Creek Power Plant in Gallia County, Ohio.[3] It has two of the tallest chimneys in the world, at 980 feet (300 m) with another recently completed dual-flue chimney that stands at around 935 feet (285 m).
Pollution control systems were installed at Clifty Creek in 2001 to reduce nitrogen oxide (NO
x ) emissions by 80%.[4] With all of its units dating back to mid-1950s, the plant ranked 73rd on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulfur dioxide (SO
2) emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2013.[citation needed] However, with the addition of two jet bubbling reactor flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in 2013, 98% of sulfur dioxide is now removed.[5]
Transmission Lines[]
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The plant is connected to the power grid by 6 345kv lines and 3 138kv lines. 1 345kv line goes to the Trimble County Power Plant, which is an interconnection with Louisville Gas & Electric. 1 short 345kv line connects with the nearby American Electric Power Jefferson 765kv Station. Finally, 2 double-circuit 345 lines connect with the Pierce Substation in Ohio; on the way, one of the 2 double-circuit lines connects with the AEP and Duke 345kv network near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, via the Dearborn substation.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ "IKEC to invest $460 million for Environmental Controls at Clifty Creek Power Plant" (PDF) (Press release). Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation. May 11, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
- ^ "The Role of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Cold War History" (PDF). United States Department of Energy. February 2017. pp. 92–94. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ "New Pollution Control Equipment to Be Built at Kyger Creek and Clifty Creek Power Plants". Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation. Pollution Online. June 1, 2001. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ Carnes, Clifford (March 25, 2013). "Clifty Creek Plant to Reduce Emissions Through New Scrubber System" (PDF). Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
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