Carbon Power Plant

Carbon Power Plant, also known as Castle Gate Power Plant was a small, 190-MWe coal-fired power station in Utah, USA operated by PacifiCorp. Its units 1 and 2, rated at 75 and 113.6 MWe, were launched into service in 1954 and 1957.[1] The plant is located at 39°43′38″N 110°51′51″W, about 3 km (2 mi) north of Helper, Utah, on the east bank of Price River.

The Carbon Plant near Helper, Utah.

The plant was shut down on April 16, 2015[2] and was demolished in 2016.[3]

Environmental impact

Summary

Toxic release inventory (in pounds)[4] for 20102011.[5]
Pollutants released into:AirWater (Price River)LandTotal on-site releases
2011
Barium compounds66099108,000108,759
Lead compounds63.203,361.33,424.5
Mercury compounds16.5042.258.7
Hydrochloric acid322,00000322,000
Hydrogen fluoride91,7000091,700
2010
Barium compounds61474122,000122,688
Lead compounds6904109.74178.7
Mercury compounds11.2021.933.1
Hydrochloric acid336,00000336,000
Hydrogen fluoride86,5000086,500

References

  1. "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  2. "End of an era: Mercury rule shutters Utah's oldest power plant". Deseret News. 14 April 2015.
  3. https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4626204&itype=CMSID/Coal-crush:-Iconic-Carbon Power-Plant-being-dismantled-this week.html
  4. Values greater than 1,000 have been rounded to two significant digits.
  5. "Toxic Release Data from the Carbon Plant". Environment Protection Agency. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-05-03.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.