Duke Energy Gibson Generating Station

USA / Illinois / Mount Carmel / N County Road, 975
 power station, coal-fired
Polygon showing acreage owned.
The Third Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant in the World.

The Second Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant in North America. Only the Nanticoke Power Station in Ontario, Canada is larger, but not by much.

The Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant in the United States.

The Picture Above Left is what the plant looks like as of August 2007.
The Picture Above Right features the plant's two newest smokestacks, the new Unit 1+2 double-flued smokestack just recently completed as of the end of 2007 and the new Unit 3 smokestack that has been online since August of 2006.

Although owned by Duke Energy since its takeover of Cinergy in May 2006, The Gibson Generating Station is still referred to as "PSI" by locals in both Illinois and Indiana, referring to Public Service Indiana who originally built the plant. The Gibson Station Plant Complex's main feature is its 3,000 acre cooling lake which was once open to fishing until March 2007, when concerns of high levels of Sellinium were found in the fish of the lake, prompting Duke Energy to close the lake. Other features include the Crane Ridge Wildlife Refuge, located to the south of the lake, where a nesting grounds for Least Terns are located as well as at the Center Dike of the lake. Bald Eagles, many types of Hawks and Perigren Falcons are also in the skies of the area as well as abundance of deer on the ground. A WARNING: GUNS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY.

-- Gibson Generating Station --
Location: 975 N County Road 1075 W Owensville, Indiana 47665

Area Occupied by Complex: 5.7 sq mi

Contractors and their materials enter by Gate 3/4 on the north entrance.
Duke Employees and Visitors and their materials enter by Gate 1 on the south entrance.

Units: 5 Power Output (2007): 3,978mw Type: Coal Pulverizer Fire Jet
Completion Dates:
Unit 1 - 1973
Unit 2 - 1974
Unit 3 - 1981
Unit 4 - 1982
Unit 5 - 1989
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Generating_Station
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   38°21'48"N   87°46'23"W

Comments

  • Its suppliers' dumptrucks are the main reasons that Indiana 64 has soooo many potholes and cracks on its three year old surface.
  • third largest coal power plant in the united states. The Unit 3, 4, and 5 completion dates are wrong. Unit 5 came on in 1982.
  • Production in 2006 was 22,465,906 megawatthours, 4th highest in the United States, and 3rd highest amongst coal fired plants.
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