Cayuga Generating Station

Cayuga Generating Station is an electricity-generating facility, located at coord|39|55|26|N|87|25|38|W|display=inline,title near Cayuga, Indiana. Its almost identical, coal-fired units 1 and 2 were launched into service in 1970 and 1972, and have a combined name-plate generating capacity of 1,062 MWe. Unit 4 (121 MWe, launched in 1993) is powered by natural gas, but can also be switched to oil. [cite web
title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006
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publisher = Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
year = 2006
url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html
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accessdate = 2008-07-14] There are also four minor oil-fired units (numbered 31–34, 2.6 MWe each) of internal combustion design. The facility is entirely owned by Duke Energy. [cite web
title = Cayuga Station
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publisher = Duke Energy
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url = http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/cayuga.asp
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Environmental impact

O₂ air emissions

In 2006, the plant emitted 86,174 tons of SO₂ into the air. Its SO₂ emission rate per unit of electricity produced was 26.68 lb/MWh in 2006, ranking 8^th worst in the United States. [cite web
title = Existing U.S. Coal Plants
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publisher = SourceWatch
year = 2006
url = http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S._Coal_Plants
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accessdate = 2008-08-27]

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