Quindaro power station
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Quindaro power station is an operating power station of at least 143-megawatts (MW) in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Quindaro Three power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Quindaro power station | Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States | 39.150933, -94.636625 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- GT2, GT3, Unit 1, Unit 2: 39.150933, -94.636625
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT2 | Operating[1] | fossil liquids: fuel oil[1] | 72.4[1] | gas turbine[1] | no[1] | 1974[1] | – |
| GT3 | Operating[1] | fossil liquids: fuel oil[1] | 71.2[1] | gas turbine[1] | no[1] | 1977[1] | – |
| Unit 1, timepoint 1 | Retired | coal: subbituminous | 81.6 | subcritical | no[2] | 1965 | 2015[3] |
| Unit 1, timepoint 2 | Mothballed[4] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 81.6[2] | steam turbine[2] | no[2] | 2019[2][5] | 2019[6] |
| Unit 2, timepoint 1 | Retired | coal: subbituminous | 157.5 | subcritical | no[2] | 1971 | 2015[3] |
| Unit 2, timepoint 2 | Mothballed[4] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 157.5[2] | steam turbine[2] | no[2] | 2015[5] | 2019[6] |
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 | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| GT2 | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100%] | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100.0%] |
| GT3 | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100%] | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100.0%] |
| Unit 1, timepoint 1 | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100%] | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100.0%] |
| Unit 1, timepoint 2 | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100%] | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100.0%] |
| Unit 2, timepoint 1 | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100%] | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100.0%] |
| Unit 2, timepoint 2 | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100%] | City of Kansas City (Kansas) [100.0%] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
Unit 1: Unknown or atypical conversion status.
Unit 2: Unknown or atypical conversion status.
Background
In June 2013, the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities agreed it would shutter the two Quindaro coal-fired generating units by April 2015.[7][8]
Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Quindaro power 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.[9] 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 Quindaro power 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.[10]
Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Quindaro power station
| Type of Impact | Annual Incidence | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 5 | $36,000,000 |
| Heart attacks | 8 | $820,000 |
| Asthma attacks | 84 | $4,000 |
| Hospital admissions | 3 | $83,000 |
| Chronic bronchitis | 3 | $1,400,000 |
| Asthma ER visits | 5 | $2,000 |
Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed February 2011
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,457,132 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions:
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions:
- 2005 Mercury Emissions:
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20240204144749/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/xls/eia8602022.zip. Archived from the original on 04 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240603170503/https://kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/committees/ctte_s_utils_1/documents/testimony/20170308_03.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 03 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 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) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230131223859/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/archive/xls/eia8602015.zip. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/bpu-to-close-quindaro-power-station-in-kck.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "BPU agrees to shut down KCK coal plant," Kansas Business Journal, Jun 21, 2013
- ↑ "Electric Utility Overview," Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, March 8, 2017
- ↑ "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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