Deerhaven Generating Station
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Deerhaven Generating Station is an operating power station of at least 421-megawatts (MW) in Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Deerhaven Generating Station | Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, United States | 29.7592, -82.3878 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit GT3: 29.7592, -82.3878
- Unit 2: 29.759147, -82.388053
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating[2] | fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[3] | 75[1] | steam turbine[1] | – | 1972[1] | 2027 (planned)[4] |
| Unit 2 | operating | coal - unknown, coal - bituminous, fossil gas - natural gas | 250.7 | subcritical | – | 1981 | – |
| Unit GT3 | operating[2] | fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[3] | 96[1] | gas turbine[1] | – | 1996[1] | – |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Gainesville Regional Utilities [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Gainesville Regional Utilities [100.0%] |
| Unit GT3 | Gainesville Regional Utilities [100.0%] |
Background
Deerhaven's coal-fired Unit 2 was built in 1981.[5]
In 2021, Unit 2 became a dual-fuel unit able to run on fossil gas and coal. In their 2023 Ten-Year Site Plan, Gainesville Regional Utilities stated that "[a]s natural gas prices are forecasted to remain relatively low over the 10-year horizon, coal consumption is forecasted to be minimal. However, if natural gas prices increase beyond coal prices, the unit may switch its fuel source back to coal if coal supply is readily available."[6]
Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Deerhaven Generating Station
In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants.[7] The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma-related episodes and asthma-related emergency room visits, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, peneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal-fired power plants. Fine particle pollution is formed from a combination of soot, acid droplets, and heavy metals formed from sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and soot. Among those particles, the most dangerous are the smallest (smaller than 2.5 microns), which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. Low-income and minority populations are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities.
The table below estimates the death and illness attributable to the Deerhaven Generating Station. Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.[8]
Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Deerhaven Generating Station
| Type of Impact | Annual Incidence | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 9 | $67,000,000 |
| Heart attacks | 13 | $1,400,000 |
| Asthma attacks | 150 | $8,000 |
| Hospital admissions | 7 | $160,000 |
| Chronic bronchitis | 6 | $2,400,000 |
| Asthma ER visits | 9 | $3,000 |
Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed February 2011
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20200612191408/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/november_generator2019.xlsx. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230918190319/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/may_generator2023.xlsx. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211122185052/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/july_generator2021.xlsx. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220712171434/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/april_generator2022.xlsx. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Deerhaven Generating Station," Gainesville Regional Utilities, accessed May 30, 2024
- ↑ "2023 Ten-Year Site Plan," Gainesville Regional Utilities, April 25, 2023
- ↑ "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source," Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.
- ↑ "Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool," Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010
Additional data
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