Warrick Power Plant
| Warrick Generating Station | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Anderson Township, Warrick County, near Newburgh, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 37°54′53″N 87°20′01″W / 37.91472°N 87.33361°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 1: April, 1960 Unit 2: January 1964 Unit 3: October 1965 Unit 4: October 1970 |
| Owners | AGC Division of APG Inc., Alcoa |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
| Cooling source | Ohio River |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 755 MW |
Warrick Generating Station is a coal-fired electricity-generating station, located southeast of Newburgh in Warrick County in Indiana, US.
It sits on the north bank of Ohio River, downstream of the F. B. Culley Generating Station. The plant has four coal-fired, steam-powered turbines with a combined generating capacity of 791 MWe. Alcoa owns three of the four generating stations, which were placed into service in the early 1960s. The largest unit, known as Unit 4, is 323-MWe unit jointly owned by Alcoa and Vectren. This larger unit was placed in operation in 1970.[1]
Environmental impact
Warrick Plant discharges all of its waste heat (about twice its electrical output) into Ohio River. In 2006, Warrick Plant was the third most-polluting major power station in the US in terms of sulphur dioxide gas emission rate: it discharged 32.69 pounds (14.83 kg) of SO2 for each MWh of electric power produced that year (92,919 tons of SO2 per year in total).[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ^ "Dirty Kilowatts 2007 Report Database". Environmental Integrity Project. Retrieved June 13, 2012.