Tyrone Generating Station

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Tyrone Generating Station is a retired power station in Versaille, Kentucky, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tyrone Generating Station Versaille, Kentucky, United States 38.0471, -84.848133 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 3: 38.0471, -84.848133

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 3 retired coal: bituminous 75 subcritical 1953 2013

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 3 Kentucky Utilities Co [100%] PPL Corp [100.0%]

Unit Retirement

In September 2011, E.ON subsidiaries LG&E and Kentucky Utilities reportedly asked the Kentucky Public Service commission to approve the purchase of Bluegrass Generation Co’s 495 MW natural gas-fired power plant, to replace their Green River Generating Station and Tyrone Generating Station.[1] On May 3, 2012, the purchase of the Bluegrass gas plant was approved by the Kentucky Public Service Commission.[2]

The 75.0 MW Tyrone plant was retired in 2013.[3]

Emissions Data

  • CO2 Emissions: 468,036 tons (2005)
  • SO2 Emissions: 3,192 tons (2005)
  • SO2 Emissions per MWh: 17.94 lb/MWh (2005)
  • NOx Emissions: 955 tons (2005)
  • Mercury Emissions:

Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Tyrone 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.[4] 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 Tyrone 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.[5]

Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Tyrone Generating Station

Type of Impact Annual Incidence Valuation
Deaths 8 $60,000
Heart attacks 12 $1,400,000
Asthma attacks 130 $7,000
Hospital admissions 6 $140,000
Chronic bronchitis 5 $2,200,000
Asthma ER visits 8 $3,000

Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed February 2011

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