Cayuga Generating Station

Cayuga Generating Station is an electricity-generating facility, located in Eugene Township, Vermillion County, near Cayuga, Indiana. Its almost identical, coal-fired units 1 and 2 were launched into service in 1970 and 1972, and have a combined name-plate generating capacity of 1,062 MWe. Unit 4 (121 MWe, launched in 1993) is powered by natural gas, but can also be switched to oil.^[1] There are also four minor oil-fired units (numbered 31–34, 2.6 MWe each) of internal combustion design. The facility is entirely owned by Duke Energy.^[2]

Environmental impact

In 2006, the plant emitted 86,174 tons of SO₂ into the air. Its SO₂ emission rate per unit of electricity produced was 26.68 lb/MWh in 2006, ranking 2nd worst in the United States. In 2008, Cayuga Station's wet scrubbers or Flue Gas Desulfurization for units 1 and 2 went online reducing the station’s sulfur dioxide emissions by approximately 95 percent.^[3]

References

1. "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
2. "Cayuga Station". Duke Energy.
3. http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/cayuga.asp

Coordinates: 39°55′26″N 87°25′38″W / 39.92389°N 87.42722°W