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

↑ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
↑ "Cayuga Station". Duke Energy.
↑ 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 / 39.92389; -87.42722

Power stations in Indiana

Operating Coal-fired generating stations	A.B. Brown Bailly Cayuga Clifty Creek Crawfordsville Mun. F.B. Culley Eagle Valley Edwardsport R. Gallagher Gibson Harding St. (formerly E.W. Stout) Jasper Mun. Logansport Merom Michigan City D.H. Mitchell Noblesville Perry K. Peru Mun. Petersburg H.T. Pritchard F.E. Ratts Rockport R.M. Schahfer Tanner's Creek Wabash River Warrick Whitewater Valley

Defunct Coal-fired generating stations	State Line

Oil-fired peaking stations	Connersville Miami-Wabash

Gas-fired peaking stations	Anderson Broadway Georgetown Henry County Lawrence County Lawrenceburg Montpelier Noblesville Northeast Portside Richmond Vermillion Wheatland Whiting Clean Energy Worthington

Hydroelectric dams	Markland Dam Norway Dam Oakdale Dam Twin Branch Dam

Wind farms	Benton County Wind Farm Fowler Ridge Wind Farm Hoosier Wind Farm Meadow Lake Wind Farm

Attempted Biomass to energy plants	Milltown Biomass

Attempted nuclear plants	Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant Bailly Nuclear Power Plant

Utility companies	Duke Energy Indiana Greenfield Mills Hoosier Energy Indiana-Michigan Power Indianapolis Power & Light Northern Indiana Public Service Company Vectren

Duke Energy Indiana

Coal-fired stations	Cayuga Edwardsport R. Gallagher Gibson Noblesville Wabash River

Peaking stations	Connersville Henry County Miami-Wabash Noblesville Wheatland

Dams	Markland Dam

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