Clifty Creek Power Plant
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Clifty Creek Power Plant in May 2015
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 Location of Clifty Creek Power Plant in Indiana
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Madison, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38°44′16″N 85°25′08″W / 38.73778°N 85.41889°WCoordinates: 38°44′16″N 85°25′08″W / 38.73778°N 85.41889°W |
| Status | Active |
| Commission date | Unit 1: February 1955 Unit 2: May 1955 Unit 3: July 1955 Unit 4: October 1955 Unit 5: November 1955 Unit 6: March 1956 |
| Owner(s) | Ohio Valley Electric Corporation |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Subbituminous coal |
| Type | Steam turbine |
| Cooling source | Ohio River |
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| Nameplate capacity | 1,303 MWe |
Clifty Creek Power Plant is a 1.3-GW coal-fired power station located in Madison, Indiana, USA. Five of its six identical units began operating in 1955, the sixth unit was launched in 1956. It has two of the tallest chimneys in the world, at 300 metres (980 ft) with another recently completed dual-flue chimney that stands at around 285 metres (935 ft).
With all of its units dating back to mid-1950s, the plant ranked 49th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulfur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006. However, with the addition of two jet bubbling reactor flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in 2013, 98% of sulfur dioxide is now removed.
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