Harding Street Generating Station

Harding Street Station
Location of Harding Street Station in Indiana
Country	United States
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°42′34″N 86°11′48″W / 39.70944°N 86.19667°WCoordinates: 39°42′34″N 86°11′48″W / 39.70944°N 86.19667°W
Status	Active
Commission date	Unit 3 (oil): Sept, 1941 Unit 4 (oil): June, 1947 Unit 5 (coal): June, 1958 Unit 6 (coal): May, 1961 Unit 7 (coal): July, 1973 Unit IC1 (oil): 1967 Units GT1–GT3 (oil): May, 1973 Unit GT4 (gas): 1994 Unit GT5 (gas): 1995 Unit GT6 (gas): 2002
Owner(s)	Indianapolis Power & Light (IPALCO)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal, natural gas, distillate fuel oil
Type	Steam, gas turbine
Cooling source	White River
Power generation
Units operational	6
Nameplate capacity	1,196 MWe

The Harding Street Station (formerly Elmer W. Stout Generating Station^[1]) is a 12-unit, 1,196 MW nameplate capacity coal-, gas-, and oil-fired generating station^[2] located at 3700 South Harding Street, Indianapolis. It is owned by Indianapolis Power & Light, a subsidiary of AES.

Environmental impact

Sulphur dioxide

With its oldest coal-fired unit dating back to 1958, the plant was ranked 12th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulphur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced from coal in 2006. The new flue gas desulphurization system (FGS), also known as a scrubber, and the new stack are expected to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions by 97 percent, and NOxemissions, as well as other pollutants, by some 87 percent.

References

1. Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780760323519. OCLC 68786766.
2. "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2008" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-28.

External links

• Page about the station at SourceWatch
• Panoramio photo of the station