Harding Street Generating Station
The Harding Street Station (formerly Elmer W. Stout Generating Station[1]) is a 12-unit, 1,196 MW nameplate capacity, 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.
| Harding Street Station | |
|---|---|
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39°42′34″N 86°11′48″W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 3 (oil): Sept, 1941 Unit 4 (oil): June, 1947 Unit 5 (gas) June, 1958 Unit 6 (gas:)May, 1961 Unit 7 (gas) 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 | Natural gas, distillate fuel oil |
| Turbine technology | Steam, gas turbine |
| Cooling source | White River |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 6 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,196 MWe |
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.
IPL stopped burning coal at the Harding Street facility in February 2016 and refueled the units to natural gas.
References
- Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780760323519. OCLC 68786766.
- "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2008" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2009.