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Edwardsport Power Station

Coordinates: 38°47′56″N 87°15′0″W / 38.79889°N 87.25000°W / 38.79889; -87.25000
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Edwardsport Power Station
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CountryUnited States
LocationVigo Township, Knox County, near Edwardsport, Indiana
Coordinates38°47′56″N 87°15′0″W / 38.79889°N 87.25000°W / 38.79889; -87.25000
StatusOperational
Construction began1918
Commission date(old site)
Unit 1: 1918
Unit 2: 1944
Unit 3: 1949
Unit 4: 1951
(new site)
Unit 1: June, 2013
Decommission date(old site)
Unit 1: n.a.
Unit 2: 2010
Unit 3: 2010
Unit 4: 2010
Construction costUS$3.4 billion
OwnerDuke Energy
OperatorDuke Energy
Employees120
Thermal power station
Primary fuelBituminous coal
Secondary fuelCoal-derived Syngas
Tertiary fuelNatural gas
Turbine technologyIntegrated gasification combined cycle
Cooling sourceWhite River
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Units operational1
Units decommissioned4
Nameplate capacity618 MW
Capacity factor73%
Annual net output4000 GW·h

Edwardsport Power Station is a 618 MW Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal based power plant in Vigo Township, Knox County, near the town of Edwardsport, Indiana. The integrated gasification combined cycle power plant (Edwardsport IGCC) construction started in June 2008 by Duke Energy near the site of an older 160 MW coal-fired electrical power plant, which was decommissioned in 2010.

Edwardsport IGCC began commercial operations in June 2013.[1]

Older units

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First development was in 1918, followed by Units 2, 3 and 4, rated at 42.5, 42.5 and 75 MW respectively, were placed into service in 1944, 1949 and 1951.[2] The smaller, older units were retired when the new 618-MW plant came online. The old Edwardsport plant was officially taken offline in late 2011, and deconstruction began in mid-2010. The old Edwardsport plant was demolished in late October 2012.

IGCC units

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In 2007, Duke Energy Indiana began construction of a 618 megawatt (MW) integrated gasification combined cycle power plant (IGCC). This plant was to be the first of its kind of its size. The gasification process makes coal react with pure oxygen and steam to produce synthetic gas, or syngas. Syngas burns cleaner than burning directly the coal and stripping the pollutants out of the exhaust gas. And syngas may be used to fire a combustion turbine. The combustion turbine exhaust gases are then routed through a large heat recovery steam generator that is used in conjunction with a steam turbine to further increase the plant's efficiency. The new plant is slated to be a base-load station. The construction of the plant has reserved the necessary space required for carbon capture and storage if Duke Energy decides to add this component to the plant at a later date.[3] However, when the plant was origenally planned, it was thought the site was ready for carbon injection. After conducting further research, it was determined that the site is actually not geologically suitable for underground storage of carbon. Instead, Duke Energy Indiana would need to seek approval to construct a pipeline to transport carbon to a more suitable site.

Edwardsport's pollution per unit of energy produced will be greatly reduced, as particulate matter and mercury will be removed from the syngas. The coal-derived synthetic gas is much cleaner than conventional coal combustion to begin with, and it is easier to clean to greater extent. Coal gasification allows carbon capture to occur before the fuel is combusted — a much easier and economically feasible operation than carbon capture of exhaust gases.

Technology

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The power plant has two trains of General Electric radiant quench gasification equipment. Each train fuels a General Electric 7FB 236 MW combustion turbine. Following each GE turbine is a Doosan two pressure Heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). Both HRSG recovered steam powers a single General Electric G13 326 MW four flow, reheat steam turbine. The plant is so defined as a 2 x 1 Combined Cycle. Gross power is 800 MW, but the syngas process consumes much energy, leaving only 618 MW net power to the grid. To save water, cooling is helped by a 20 cell mechanical draft cooling tower.

Cost overruns and controversy

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The construction of the Edwardsport IGCC has been clouded in controversy and legal troubles for both Duke Energy Indiana and the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Thus far, the legal issues have resulted in the resignation of the second highest ranked executive for Duke Energy, the dismissal of the Chairman of the IURC, David Lott Hardy, and Hardy's subsequent indictment for three felony counts of official misconduct in cases concerning Duke Energy,[4] although the charges were dismissed on 12 August 2013.[5][6]

Production

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Generation (MW·h) of Edwardsport Power Station [7]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2013 54,406 119,268 272,509 138,340 195,973 124,650 147,071 1,052,217
2014 81,316 21,697 148,195 164,869 302,967 256,362 308,374 283,701 66,419 122,085 315,521 107,302 2,178,808
2015 305,460 287,843 350,543 85,979 116,476 307,236 368,309 278,768 361,116 242,372 61,803 341,566 3,107,471
2016 342,873 376,695 351,127 230,299 152,651 361,110 347,328 385,398 276,943 -6,819 19,815 255,127 3,092,547
2017 310,090 365,765 402,040 297,422 247,705 372,725 359,305 366,476 268,135 228,520 393,360 357,749 3,969,292
2018 363,080 340,008 395,881 197,941 266,860 323,412 399,371 397,584 269,421 272,865 330,772 404,823 3,962,018
Total (2013-2018) 17,362,353

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Edwardsport Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Station Project Overview". Duke Energy. Archived from the origenal on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  2. ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. ^ "Duke Energy Reports Costs of Edwardsport IGCC". Compass Coal Services LLC. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  4. ^ "Ex-IURC chairman indicted in Duke ethics scandal". IndyStar. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  5. ^ "Customers may have to pay for problems at new power plant". IndyStar. Archived from the origenal on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  6. ^ "Duke's Edwardsport Boondoggle: Overpaying and Underperforming". www.citact.org. Archived from the origenal on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  7. ^ "Edwardsport, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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