Picway Power Plant

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Picway Power Plant is a retired power station in Lockbourne, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Picway Power Plant Lockbourne, Pickaway, Ohio, United States 39.792961, -83.009614 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 5: 39.792961, -83.009614

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 5 retired coal: bituminous 106.3 subcritical 1955 2015

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 5 AEP Generation Resources [100%] American Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]

Background

The power station was shut down in 2015.[1]

Coal Waste Site

Proposed coal plant closures

On June 9, 2011, AEP announced that, based on impending EPA regulations as proposed, AEP’s compliance plan would retire nearly 6,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fueled power generation; upgrade or install new advanced emissions reduction equipment on another 10,100 MW; refuel 1,070 MW of coal generation as 932 MW of natural gas capacity; and build 1,220 MW of natural gas-fueled generation. The cost of AEP’s compliance plan could range from $6 billion to $8 billion in capital investment through the end of the decade.[2]

AEP’s current plan for compliance with the rules as proposed includes permanently retiring the following coal-fueled power plants:[2]

  • Glen Lyn Plant, Glen Lyn, Va. – 335 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014);
  • Kammer Plant, Moundsville, W.Va. – 630 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014) (pictured above)
  • Kanawha River Plant, Glasgow, W.Va. – 400 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014);
  • Philip Sporn Power Plant, New Haven, W.Va. – 1,050 MW (450 MW expected to retire in 2011, 600 MW retired by Dec. 31, 2014); and
  • Picway Power Plant, Lockbourne, Ohio – 100 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014).

Picway was shut down in May 2015.[3]

Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 501,705 tons
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions:
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
  • 2006 NOx Emissions:
  • 2005 Mercury Emissions:

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References

Additional data

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