I'm supposed to see the paddle wheeler, but what I saw was two massive smokestacks.
Roger Green posted three photos with the comment: "Coming through New Albany. Thanks for the info C.R.! Anyone recognize that Capt.?😁 Sun. 12:45 pm 8-15-21"
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| NewsAndTribune The plans to retire the plant changed from 2022 to June 1, 2021. Two of the four units were already retired in 2012 and "pollution-control equipment was installed in the other two units, which burn low-sulfur coal to further reduce emissions." One reason for the earlier closing is that power demand went way down during the pandemic. |
Each of the four units had a capacity of 150mw. They plan to "purchase a share of the Cayuga Generating Station in Indiana to make up the difference." Once again, the people living near a power plant are mostly African American. In this case, the west side of Louisville, KY [gem]
It was once named the "nation's dirtiest." It sounds like the 2012 work was basic particulate and sulfur dioxide control, which should have been done decades ago. [SpecturmNews1] As I suspected, the two big buildings added near the base of the smokestacks are bag houses. Since it was shutdown less than 10 years later after the upgrades, I presume the polution control was a stranded asset
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| Bojidar 93, Mar 2017 |
I could see adding such big smoke stacks and bag houses to 600mw units built in the 1980s, but not to 150mw units built in the 1950s.
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Capturing a satellite image while it still had coal piles and an ash pond.
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| Andrew Shafer posted Duke Power, New Albany, Indiana. Been shut down since June of last [2021] year. |
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