Utah Smelter Power Plant

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Utah Smelter Power Plant is a retired power station in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. It is also known as KUCC power station, KUC Plant power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Utah Smelter Power Plant Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 40.721589, -112.198006 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 4: 40.721589, -112.198006

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal: bituminous 50 subcritical 1943 2016
Unit 4 retired coal: bituminous 82 subcritical 1958 2019

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Kennecott Utah Copper LLC [100%] Rio Tinto PLC [100.0%]
Unit 4 Kennecott Utah Copper LLC [100%] Rio Tinto PLC [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry: Other Metals & Mining


Unit Retirements

In December 2010, Kennecott Utah Copper announced that it would repower units 1-3 of its Utah Smelter power plant to run on natural gas by 2018. However, unit 4 (82 MW) of the plant will continue to be powered by coal.[1]

Units 1-3 were shut down in 2016 and will be decommissioned in the near future.[2]

The last coal unit, unit 4, was shut down in May 2019.[3]

Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,225,805 tons
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions:
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
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  • 2005 Mercury Emissions:

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Additional data

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