Quindaro power station

From Global Energy Monitor

Quindaro power station is an operating power station of at least 143-megawatts (MW) in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Quindaro Three power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Quindaro power station Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States 39.150933, -94.636625 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 39.150933, -94.636625
  • Unit GT2, Unit GT3, Unit ST1, Unit ST2: 39.1492, -94.6381

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal - subbituminous 81.6 subcritical 1965 2016
Unit 2 retired coal - subbituminous 157.5 subcritical 1971 2016
Unit GT2 operating[1] fuel oil[1] 72[1] gas turbine[1] no[1] 1974[1]
Unit GT3 operating[1] fuel oil[1] 71[1] gas turbine[1] no[1] 1977[1]
Unit ST1 mothballed[2] gas[3] 82[3] steam turbine[3] no[3] 2015[3][4][5]
Unit ST2 mothballed[2] gas[3] 158[3] steam turbine[3] no[3] 2015[3][4][5]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 City of Kansas City - (KS) [100.0%]
Unit 2 City of Kansas City - (KS) [100.0%]
Unit GT2 City of Kansas City - (KS)[1] City of Kansas City - (KS) [100.0%]
Unit GT3 City of Kansas City - (KS)[1] City of Kansas City - (KS) [100.0%]
Unit ST1 City of Kansas City - (KS)[6] City of Kansas City - (KS) [100.0%]
Unit ST2 City of Kansas City - (KS)[6] City of Kansas City - (KS) [100.0%]

Background

In June 2013, the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities agreed it would shutter the two Quindaro generating units by April 2015,[7] later moved to December 2016.[8]

Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Quindaro power station

In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants.[9] The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma-related episodes and asthma-related emergency room visits, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, peneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal-fired power plants. Fine particle pollution is formed from a combination of soot, acid droplets, and heavy metals formed from sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and soot. Among those particles, the most dangerous are the smallest (smaller than 2.5 microns), which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. Low-income and minority populations are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities.

The table below estimates the death and illness attributable to the Quindaro power station. Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.[10]

Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from the Quindaro power station

Type of Impact Annual Incidence Valuation
Deaths 5 $36,000,000
Heart attacks 8 $820,000
Asthma attacks 84 $4,000
Hospital admissions 3 $83,000
Chronic bronchitis 3 $1,400,000
Asthma ER visits 5 $2,000

Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed February 2011

Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,457,132 tons
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions:
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
  • 2006 NOx Emissions:
  • 2005 Mercury Emissions:

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2022 release". Archived from the original on February 4, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (July 2021)". Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (November 2019)". Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2014". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2015". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2018". Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  7. "BPU agrees to shut down KCK coal plant," Kansas Business Journal, Jun 21, 2013
  8. Sierra Club list of US coal plant retirements, Nov 9, 2016
  9. "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source," Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.
  10. "Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool," Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010

Additional data

To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datases, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker and the Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.