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°W / 39.70944; -86.19667Coordinates: 39°42′34″N 86°11′48″W / 39.70944°N 86.19667°W / 39.70944; -86.19667
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.

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