| Cane Run Station | |
|---|---|
 Cane Run Station's former coal units viewed from the Louisville Loop bike trail | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38°10′36.03″N 85°53′28.07″W / 38.1766750°N 85.8911306°W / 38.1766750; -85.8911306 |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 1: 1954 Unit 2: 1956 Unit 3: 1958 Unit 4: 1962 Unit 5: 1966 Unit 6: 1969 Unit 7: 2015 |
| Decommission date | Units 1–3: 1987 Unit 6: March 2015 Units 4–5: June 2015 |
| Owner | Louisville Gas and Electric |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Cooling source | Ohio River |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 |
| Nameplate capacity | 640 MW |
| [edit on Wikidata] | |
The Cane Run Generating Station is a 640 megawatt (MW), natural gas power plant owned and operated by Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E). It is 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, in its Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood. It was formerly a coal power plant until 2015.
History
Cane Run began operation on its first unit in 1954 and expanded to six units by 1969. Its total generating capacity was 943 (MW). Sulfur dioxide (SO
2) scrubber technology, pioneered by LG&E, were installed at this plant in 1973. President Jimmy Carter visited the plant in July 1979 to promote energy security during the 1979 energy crisis. Units 1-3 were retired in 1987. The power plant was mired in a lawsuit in 2013 from nearby residents over its dispersion of coal ash. In preparation of converting to natural gas, Unit 6 was shut down in March 2015. The final two units went offline in June 2015. At the same time, construction of Unit 7 was completed and began running on natural gas. The former coal power plant structure was demolished by implosion on June 8, 2019.
See also
References
- ^ "History of Cane Run Plant". Louisville Gas and Electric. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (July 31, 1979). "Jimmy Carter: Louisville, Kentucky Remarks Following a Tour of the Cane Run Generating Station of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Peterson, Erica (December 18, 2013). "Cane Run Power Plant Neighbors Sue LG&E Over Coal Ash". WFPL. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Bruggers, James (March 30, 2015). "LG&E starts shutting down Cane Run power plant". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Bruggers, James (July 7, 2015). "Sixty years of coal burning ends at LG&E plant". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Ladd, Sarah (June 8, 2019). "Boiler house and smokestacks at Louisville's Cane Run Generating Station demolished". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
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