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
CountryUnited States
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°42′34″N 86°11′48″W
StatusOperational
Commission dateUnit 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 fuelNatural gas, distillate fuel oil
Turbine technologySteam, gas turbine
Cooling sourceWhite River
Power generation
Units operational6
Nameplate capacity1,196 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.

See also

References

  1. Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780760323519. OCLC 68786766.
  2. "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2008" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2009.
  • at SourceWatch


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