Tanner's Creek Generating Station (also spelled Tanners Creek) was a major, 1000-MWe coal-fired electrical power plant in Indiana.[1] Located on the north bank of Ohio River along Tanners Creek, it was one of the two coal-fired power stations within 3 miles (5 km) of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the tripoint of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky (the other plant being the Miami Fort Power Station in the neighboring Ohio). The former plant is situated directly across the Ohio river from Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky. Tanner's Creek was one of the two Indiana coal power plants owned by Indiana Michigan Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (the other plant being Rockport Generating Station near Rockport, Indiana).
| Tanner's Creek Generating Station | |
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 Lawrenceburg from the air, looking northeast. Tanner's Creek Generating Station is at bottom left. | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Lawrenceburg, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39°04′53″N 84°51′39″W / 39.08139°N 84.86083°W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Commission date | Unit 1: March, 1951 Unit 2: November, 1952 Unit 3: December, 1954 Unit 4: July, 1964 |
| Decommission date | May 31, 2015 |
| Owner | AES |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
| Cooling source | Ohio River |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 995 MWe |
On March 17, 2015, Indiana Michigan Power announced that the Tanners Creek plant would be completely shut down by May 31, 2015. The former plant was sold to St. Louis–based Commercial Development Company in October 2016. The Port of Indiana commission is studying converting the former plant into the state's fourth port.[2]
Units
editEnvironmental impact
editWith three out of four of its units dating back to the 1950s, the plant was ranked 67th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulphur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006.
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References
edit- ^ a b "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ^ Tweh, Bowdeya (October 6, 2016). "Power company sells former Lawrenceburg coal plant". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 7, 2016.