Country United States Status Active Type Steam turbine | Location Madison, Indiana Primary fuel Subbituminous coal | |
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Commission date Unit 1: February 1955Unit 2: May 1955Unit 3: July 1955Unit 4: October 1955Unit 5: November 1955Unit 6: March 1956 Owner Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Similar Plant Bowen, Kyger Creek Power Plant, A. B. Brown Generating Station | ||
Clifty creek power plant
Clifty Creek Power Plant is a 1.3-GW coal-fired power station located in Madison, Indiana, USA. Five of its six identical units began operating in 1955, the sixth unit was launched in 1956. It has two of the tallest chimneys in the world, at 300 metres (980 ft) with another recently completed dual-flue chimney that stands at around 285 metres (935 ft).
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Environmental impactEdit
With all of its units dating back to mid-1950s, the plant ranked 49th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulfur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006. However, with the addition of two jet bubbling reactor flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in 2013, 98% of sulfur dioxide is now removed.
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